About the Authors

Emily D. Williams

e.williams@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Therese Tillin

Affiliation International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Peter Whincup

Affiliation Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Nita G. Forouhi

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nishi Chaturvedi

Affiliation International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EDW TT PW NGF NC. Performed the experiments: TT. Analyzed the data: EDW. Wrote the paper: EDW. Revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content: TT NC PW NGF.