About the Authors
- Vincent T. van Hees
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Contributed equally to this work with: Vincent T. van Hees, Frida Renström
* E-mail: vincent.vanhees@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Frida Renström
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Contributed equally to this work with: Vincent T. van Hees, Frida Renström
Affiliations Genetic Epidemiology and Clinical Research Group, Section for Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
- Antony Wright
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Anna Gradmark
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Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology and Clinical Research Group, Section for Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
- Michael Catt
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Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
- Kong Y. Chen
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Affiliation Clinical Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Marie Löf
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Affiliation Division of Nutrition, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Les Bluck
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jeremy Pomeroy
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Affiliation Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Nicholas J. Wareham
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Ulf Ekelund
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Søren Brage
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Paul W. Franks
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Affiliations Genetic Epidemiology and Clinical Research Group, Section for Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Competing Interests
The authors have the following competing interest: GENEA monitors in the Swedish study were loaned pro gratis from Unilever Discover Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PWF FR AW SB UE. Performed the experiments: FR AG. Analyzed the data: VTvH AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VTvH AW. Wrote the paper: VTvH SB PWF. Helped revise the manuscript: MC KYC ML LB JP NJW.