About the Authors

Tracy B. Shafizadeh

Affiliation Tethys Bioscience, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Edward J. Moler

Affiliation Tethys Bioscience, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Janice A. Kolberg

jkolberg@tethysbio.com

Affiliation Tethys Bioscience, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Uyen Thao Nguyen

Affiliation Tethys Bioscience, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Torben Hansen

Affiliation Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark

Torben Jorgensen

Affiliations Research Center for Prevention and Health, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oluf Pedersen

Affiliations Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Knut Borch-Johnsen

Affiliations Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, Institute Public Health, Research Center for Quality in Health Care, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

TH, TJ, OP and KBJ have declared that no competing interests exist. TS, EJM, JAK and UTN are current or former employees of Tethys Bioscience which offers the assay for Diabetes Risk Score. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TBS EJM UTN. Performed the experiments: EJM UTN. Analyzed the data: TBS EJM UTN JAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJM UTN TH TJ OP KB-J. Wrote the paper: TBS EJM JAK. Discussed/revised the design, results and the paper: TBS EJM UTN JAK TH TJ OP KB-J.