About the Authors

Vibe Skov

vibe.skov@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk (VS); k.hojlund@dadlnet.dk (KH)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Human Microarray Centre (HUMAC), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Dorte Glintborg

Affiliation Diabetes Research Centre, Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Steen Knudsen

Affiliation Medical Prognosis Institute Aps, Hørsholm, Denmark

Qihua Tan

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Human Microarray Centre (HUMAC), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Thomas Jensen

Affiliation Medical Prognosis Institute Aps, Hørsholm, Denmark

Torben A. Kruse

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Human Microarray Centre (HUMAC), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Henning Beck-Nielsen

Affiliation Diabetes Research Centre, Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Kurt Højlund

vibe.skov@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk (VS); k.hojlund@dadlnet.dk (KH)

Affiliation Diabetes Research Centre, Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH VS SK TK HB DG. Performed the experiments: VS DG. Analyzed the data: KH VS SK QT TJ DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS TK HB. Wrote the paper: KH VS SK QT TJ TK HB DG. Other: Contributed to the final version: TK TJ DG QT SK HB. Wrote the initial draft of the paper: VS KH.