About the Authors
- Jicheng Lv
-
Affiliations The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- Bruce Neal
-
Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Parya Ehteshami
-
Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Toshiharu Ninomiya
-
Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
- Mark Woodward
-
Affiliations The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Anthony Rodgers
-
Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Haiyan Wang
-
Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- Stephen MacMahon
-
Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Fiona Turnbull
-
Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Graham Hillis
-
Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- John Chalmers
-
Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Vlado Perkovic
-
* E-mail: vperkovic@george.org.au
Affiliation The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Competing Interests
JL has received grant support from Pfizer for hypertension research. VP, MW, SM, and JC have received honoraria from Servier for scientific presentations relating to blood pressure. SM and JC were principal investigators on ADVANCE, a blood pressure lowering trial funded by Servier and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. BN has received BP-related research support from Servier, and honoraria for scientific presentations related to blood pressure from Novartis, Tanabe, and Servier. AR has received an unrestricted grant from Dr Reddy’s Laboratories for a trial that includes blood pressure-lowering agents. PE, FT, TN, HW, and GH declare they have no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JL VP. Performed the experiments: JL PE. Analyzed the data: JL BN PE VP. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: JL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JL BN PE VP. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JL BN PE TN MW AR HW SM FT GH JC VP. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: JL BN PE TN MW AR HW SM FT GH JC VP. Contributed to data interpretation and critical revision of the report: TN MW AR HW SM FT GH JC.