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About the Authors

Vlado Perkovic

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vperkovic@george.org.au

Affiliations The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Christine Verdon

Affiliation University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Toshiharu Ninomiya

Affiliation The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Federica Barzi

Affiliations The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Alan Cass

Affiliations The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Anushka Patel

Affiliations The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Meg Jardine

Affiliation The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Martin Gallagher

Affiliations The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Fiona Turnbull

Affiliations The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John Chalmers

Affiliations The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jonathan Craig

Affiliation University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Rachel Huxley

Affiliations The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors had full access to the data. JC has received research grants from Servier, administered through the University of Sydney, as co-principal investigator for PROGRESS and ADVANCE. VP, AP, and JC have received honoraria from Servier for speaking about these studies at scientific meetings.

Author Contributions

All authors participated in the interpretation of results and drafting of the manuscript. V. Perkovic, C. Verdon, T. Ninomiya, J. Craig, and R. Huxley participated in the planning of the manuscript; C. Verdon and T. Ninomiya collected the data; and F. Barzi and T. Ninomiya conducted the analyses. All authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript.