About the Authors

Paul G. Shiels

Paul.Shiels@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Liane M. McGlynn

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Alan MacIntyre

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Paul C. D. Johnson

Affiliation Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

G. David Batty

Affiliations Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, Scotland, Clinical Epidemiology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, England

Harry Burns

Affiliation Scottish Government, Edinburgh, Scotland

Jonathan Cavanagh

Affiliation Section of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Kevin A. Deans

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland

Ian Ford

Affiliation Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Alex McConnachie

Affiliation Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Agnes McGinty

Affiliation Glasgow Clinical Research Facility, Glasgow, Scotland

Jennifer S. McLean

Affiliation Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow, Scotland

Keith Millar

Affiliation Section of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Naveed Sattar

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Carol Tannahill

Affiliation Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow, Scotland

Yoga N. Velupillai

Affiliation Epidemiology and Public Health Department, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Chris J. Packard

Affiliation Glasgow Clinical Research Facility, Glasgow, Scotland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PGS LMM A. MacIntyre PJ GDB HB JC KAD IF A. McConnachie A. McGinty JSM KM NS CT YNV CJP. Performed the experiments: LMM A. MacIntyre PGS. Analyzed the data: LMM PGS PJ A. McConnachie. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PGS LMM A. MacIntyre PJ GDB HB JC KAD IF A. McConnachie A. McGinty JSM KM NS CT YNV CJP. Wrote the paper: PGS LMM A. MacIntyre PJ GDB HB JC KAD IF A. McConnachie A. McGinty JSM KM NS CT YNV CJP.