The Association of Multiple Biomarkers of Iron Metabolism and Type 2 Diabetes - the EPIC-InterAct Study Short running title: Iron Metabolism and Type 2 Diabetes Incidence

Clara Podmore MD, MPhil(1), Karina Meidtner PhD(2), Matthias B Schulze DrPH(2), Robert A Scott PhD(1), Anna Ramond PharmD, MSc(3), Adam S Butterworth PhD(3), Emanuele Di Angelantonio MD, PhD(3), John Danesh DPhil, FRCP(3), Larraitz Arriola MD, MSc(4,5,6), Aurelio Barricarte PhD(6,7), Heiner Boeing PhD(8), Françoise Clavel-Chapelon PhD(9,10), Amanda J Cross PhD(11), Christina C Dahm PhD(12), Guy Fagherazzi PhD(9,10), Paul W Franks PhD(13,14), Diana Gavrila MD MPH(6,15), Sara Grioni BSc(16), Marc J Gunter PhD(11), Gaelle Gusto PhD(9,10), Paula Jakszyn MPH, PhD(17), Verena Katzke PhD(18), Timothy J Key DPhil(19), Tilman Kühn PhD(18), Amalia Mattiello MD(20), Peter M Nilsson PhD(13), Anja Olsen MSc, PhD(21), Kim Overvad PhD(12,22), Domenico Palli MD(23), J. Ramón Quirós MD(24), Olov Rolandsson MD, PhD(14), Carlotta Sacerdote PhD(25,26), Emilio Sánchez-Cantalejo MD, PhD(6,27), Nadia Slimani PhD(28), Ivonne Sluijs PhD(29), Annemieke MW Spijkerman PhD(30), Anne Tjonneland Dr. Med. Sci(21), Rosario Tumino MD, MSc, DLSHTM(31,32), Daphne L van der A PhD(30), Yvonne T van der Schouw PhD(29), Edith JM Feskens PhD(33), Nita G Forouhi FFPHM(1), Stephen J Sharp MSc(1), Elio Riboli MD, MPH, ScM(11), Claudia Langenberg MD, PhD(1), Nicholas J Wareham MD, PhD(1)