About the Authors

Indu Mohan

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Rajeev Gupta

rajeevgg@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Anoop Misra

Affiliation Department of Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases, Fortis C-DOC Centre of Excellence, Chiragh Enclave, New Delhi, India

Krishna Kumar Sharma

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Aachu Agrawal

Affiliation Department of Home Science, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Naval K. Vikram

Affiliation Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Vinita Sharma

Affiliation Science and Society Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Usha Shrivastava

Affiliation Department of Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases, Fortis C-DOC Centre of Excellence, Chiragh Enclave, New Delhi, India

Ravindra M. Pandey

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMP AM RG NKV VS. Performed the experiments: IM KKS AA US RG AM RMP. Analyzed the data: IM KKS AA RG AM RMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IM AA KKS NKV RMP. Wrote the paper: IM RG AM KKS NKV RMP.