About the Authors
- Nilufer Rahmioglu
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Affiliation Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Toby Andrew
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Affiliation Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Lynn Cherkas
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Affiliation Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Gabriela Surdulescu
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Affiliation Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Ramasamyiyer Swaminathan
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Affiliation Chemical Pathology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Tim Spector
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Affiliation Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Kourosh R. Ahmadi
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* E-mail: kourosh.ahmadi@kcl.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NR TA TDS KRA. Performed the experiments: NR KRA. Analyzed the data: NR TA KRA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC TDS KRA. Wrote the paper: NR KRA. Helped gathering the questionnaire data from the twins: LC. Preliminary blood sample handling: GS. Performed all the biochemical assays: RS.