About the Authors

Sanjay Basu

basus@stanford.edu

Affiliations Prevention Research Center, Centers for Health Policy, Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Center on Poverty and Inequality, and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Christopher Millett

Affiliations School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Public Health Foundation of India, Delhi, India

Sandeep Vijan

Affiliations Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Rodney A. Hayward

Affiliations Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Sanjay Kinra

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Rahoul Ahuja

Affiliation Prevention Research Center, Centers for Health Policy, Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Center on Poverty and Inequality, and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

John S. Yudkin

Affiliation Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSY RAH SV SB CM. Performed the experiments: JSY RAH SV SB RA CM SK. Analyzed the data: JSY RAH SV SB RA CM SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM SK. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: JSY SB CM. Wrote the paper: RAH SV RA SK. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: JSY RAH SV SB RA CM SK. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE requirements for authorship.