About the Authors

Kristin Mühlenbruch

Affiliations Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany

Charlotte Jeppesen

Affiliations Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany

Hans-Georg Joost

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany

Heiner Boeing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

Matthias B. Schulze

mschulze@dife.de

Affiliations Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB MBS. Analyzed the data: KM. Wrote the paper: KM. Discussed and interpreted the data: KM CJ HGJ HB MBS. Reviewed the manuscript: CJ HGJ HB MBS.