About the Authors

Nabila Kazmi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nabila.kazmi@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Hannah R. Elliott

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Kim Burrows

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Therese Tillin

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Science & Experimental Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Alun D. Hughes

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Population Science & Experimental Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom, MRC Lifelong Health & Aging Unit at UCL, London, United Kingdom

Nish Chaturvedi

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Population Science & Experimental Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom, MRC Lifelong Health & Aging Unit at UCL, London, United Kingdom

Tom R. Gaunt

Contributed equally to this work with: Tom R. Gaunt, Caroline L. Relton

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, Bristol, United Kingdom

Caroline L. Relton

Contributed equally to this work with: Tom R. Gaunt, Caroline L. Relton

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

TRG receives funding from GlaxoSmithKline, Biogen and Sanofi for research unrelated to the work presented here. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.