About the Authors

Marina Daskalopoulou

m.daskalopoulou@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Julie George

Affiliation Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Kate Walters

Affiliation Department of Primary Care & Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

David P. Osborn

Affiliation Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

G. David Batty

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Dimitris Stogiannis

Affiliation Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Eleni Rapsomaniki

Affiliation Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Mar Pujades-Rodriguez

Affiliation Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Spiros Denaxas

Affiliation Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Ruzan Udumyan

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Mika Kivimaki

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Harry Hemingway

Affiliation Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KW SD JG MPR RU MK HH. Analyzed the data: MD ER DS RU. Wrote the paper: MD JG KW DPO GDB DS MPR MK HH. Created Read codes for depression: JG RU KW DPO. Did the literature review: MD. Linked, managed, and provided the data: SD. Drafted and revised the manuscript: MD JG KW DPO GDB DS MPR MK HH. Approved the final version for publication: MD JG KW DPO GDB DS ER MPR SD RU MK HH.