Donghui Li • Hongwei Tang • Manal M. Hassan •
Elizabeth A. Holly • Paige M. Bracci •
Debra T. Silverman

Debbie A Lawlor, professor of epidemiology,1,2 Li Benfield, research associate,1,2 Jennifer Logue, clinical lecturer in metabolic medicine,3 Kate Tilling, reader in statistics,2 Laura D Howe, research associate,1,2 Abigail Fraser, research fellow,1,2 Lynne Cherry, research staff,3 Pauline Watt, research staff,3 Andrew R Ness, professor of epidemiology,4 George Davey Smith, professor of epidemiology,1,2 Naveed Sattar, professor of
metabolic medicine3

M Rotunno1, Y Zhao2, AW Bergen3, J Koshiol1, L Burdette1, M Rubagotti4, RI Linnoila5, FM Marincola6,
PA Bertazzi4, AC Pesatori4, NE Caporaso1, LM McShane2, E Wang6 and MT Landi*,1

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Josue´ Kunjom Mfopou,1 Bing Chen,1,2 Lina Sui,1 Karen Sermon,2 and Luc Bouwens1

LA Tse1, IT-s Yu*,1, JSK Au2, H Qiu1 and X-r Wang

KOTARO NOCHIOKA, MD,1 NOBUYUKI SHIBA, MD, PhD,1,2 HARUKA KOHNO, RN,2
MASANOBU MIURA, MD,1 AND HIROAKI SHIMOKAWA, MD, PhD1,2

ANTIGONE OREOPOULOS, MSc, PhD,1 KAMYAR KALANTAR-ZADEH, MD, MPH, PhD,2 FINLAY A. MCALISTER, MD, MSc,3,7
JUSTIN A. EZEKOWITZ, MD, MSc,4,7 GREGG C. FONAROW, MD, FACC,5 JEFFERY A. JOHNSON, BSP, PhD,1
COLLEEN M. NORRIS, PhD,1,4,6 AND RAJ S. PADWAL, MD, MSc

Muthiah Vaduganathan, BA, Neil J. Stone, MD, Richard Lee, MD, MBA, Edwin C. McGee, Jr, MD,
S. Chris Malaisrie, MD, Robert A. Silverberg, MD, and Patrick M. McCarthy, MD

Juciane R. Trinca, BS,* Eduardo Sprinz, PhD,† Rosmeri K. Lazzaretti, MSc,† Mara H. Hutz, PhD,‡
Regina Kuhmmer, MSc,† Silvana de Almeida, PhD,* Analise Tibola, BS,§ Gustavo B. Meirelles, BS,k
Roberto C. Arena-de-Souza, MSc,k and Vanessa S. Mattevi, PhD*