About the Authors

Kamlesh Khunti

kk22@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Danielle H. Morris

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Claire L. Weston

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Laura J. Gray

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

David R. Webb

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Melanie J. Davies

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

KK and MD are advisers to the national screening committee that informed some elements of the NHS health checks programme and are currently conducting studies as part of NIHR CLAHRC on early detection of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Data interpretation, writing and revising the manuscript, approval of final version: KK DM CW LG DW MD. Conceived and designed the experiments: KK MD. Performed the experiments: KK MD DW LG. Analyzed the data: DM CW. Wrote the paper: KK DM CW LG DW MD.