About the Authors
- Kamlesh Khunti
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* E-mail: 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
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Claire L. Weston
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Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Laura J. Gray
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Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- David R. Webb
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Melanie J. Davies
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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.