About the Authors

Wiebe M. C. Top

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Care Group Treant, Location Bethesda Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands, Bethesda Diabetes Research Center, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands

Philippe Lehert

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics, Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons, Louvain Academy, Mons, Belgium

Casper G. Schalkwijk

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Coen D. A. Stehouwer

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Adriaan Kooy

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

a.kooy@treant.nl

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Care Group Treant, Location Bethesda Hoogeveen, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands, Bethesda Diabetes Research Center, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: the HOME trial was supported by grants from Altana, Lifescan, Merck Santé, Merck Sharp & Dohme, and Novo Nordisk awarded to Bethesda General Hospital, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands (1996- 2000), guided by a registered accountant, and raised by AK, initiator and principal investigator of the HOME study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.