About the Authors
- Aiden Doherty
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* E-mail: aiden.doherty@ndph.ox.ac.uk
Affiliations Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Dan Jackson
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Affiliation Open Lab, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Nils Hammerla
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Affiliation Open Lab, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Thomas Plötz
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Affiliation Open Lab, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Patrick Olivier
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Affiliation Open Lab, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Malcolm H. Granat
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Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Tom White
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Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Vincent T. van Hees
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Affiliation MoveLab, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Michael I. Trenell
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Affiliation MoveLab, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Christoper G. Owen
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Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Stephen J. Preece
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Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Rob Gillions
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Affiliation UK Biobank, Stockport, United Kingdom
- Simon Sheard
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Affiliation UK Biobank, Stockport, United Kingdom
- Tim Peakman
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Affiliation UK Biobank, Stockport, United Kingdom
- Soren Brage
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¶‡ These authors are joint last authors
Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Nicholas J. Wareham
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¶‡ These authors are joint last authors
Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
DJ is a director of Axivity Ltd who manufactured the accelerometer used in our study. PO has previously been a director of Axivity Ltd. NH has previously consulted for Axivity Ltd. The partners of DJ and PO own shares in Axivity. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: AD PO T. Peakman SB NJW. Data curation: AD DJ NH TW. Formal analysis: AD SB NJW. Funding acquisition: AD T. Plötz PO T. Peakman SB NJW. Investigation: AD DJ T. Plötz PO MG TW VTvH MIT CGO SJP RG SS T. Peakman SB NJW. Methodology: AD DJ NH T. Plötz PO MG TW VTvH MIT CGO SJP SB NJW. Project administration: RG SS T. Peakman. Resources: AD PO RG SS T. Peakman. Software: AD DJ NH TW. Supervision: NJW. Validation: AD DJ NH TW VTvH SB. Visualization: AD. Writing – original draft: AD SB NJW. Writing – review & editing: AD DJ T. Plötz PO MG TW VTvH MIT CGO SJP RG SS T. Peakman SB NJW.