About the Authors

Rachel Lieberman

Affiliation Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

R. Paul Wadwa

Affiliations Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Nhung Nguyen

Nhung.Nguyen@ucdenver.edu

Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Franziska K. Bishop

Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Christina Reinick

Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Janet K. Snell-Bergeon

Affiliations Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

David M. Maahs

Affiliations Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RL PW NN FB CR JS DM. Performed the experiments: RL PW NN FB CR DM. Analyzed the data: NN DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW NN FB DM. Wrote the paper: RL PW NN FB CR JS DM.