About the Authors

Rianne M. van der Linde

rmv23@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Nahal Mavaddat

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Robert Luben

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Carol Brayne

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Rebecca K. Simmons

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Kay Tee Khaw

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Ann Louise Kinmonth

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RVDL ALK. Analyzed the data: RVDL. Wrote the paper: RVDL ALK. Interpretation of data: NM CB. Critical revision of the manuscript: NM CB RKS RL KTK. Data management: RL. Data analysis methods: RKS. Principal investigator in the EPIC Norfolk study: KTK.