About the Authors

Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung

gemmy.cheung.c.m@snec.com.sg

Affiliations Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Ophthalmology Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

Xiang Li

Affiliations Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Ranjana Mathur

Affiliation Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore

Shu Yen Lee

Affiliation Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore

Choi Mun Chan

Affiliation Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore

Ian Yeo

Affiliation Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore

Boon Kwang Loh

Affiliation Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore

Rachel Williams

Affiliation Worldwide Epidemiology, R&D Projects, Clinical Platforms & Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Edmund Yick-Mun Wong

Affiliation Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore

Doric Wong

Affiliation Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore

Tien Yin Wong

Affiliations Vitreoretinal Service, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Ophthalmology Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

REW is employed by and holds stock in GlaxoSmithKline. The remaining authors have no competing interest. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMGC TYW. Performed the experiments: CMGC RM SYL CMC IY BKL EW DW TYW. Analyzed the data: CMGC XL RW TYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMGC RM SYL CMC IY BKL RW EW DW TYW. Wrote the paper: CMGC.