About the Authors
- Julia Lowe
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* E-mail: Julia.Lowe@sunnybrook.ca
Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- R. Gary Sibbald
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Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Nashwah Y. Taha
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Gerald Lebovic
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Affiliation Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), St. Michael's Hospital University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Carlos Martin
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Affiliation Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Ministry of Health Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
- Indira Bhoj
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Affiliation Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Ministry of Health Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
- Rolinda Kirton
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Affiliation Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Georgetown, Guyana
- Brian Ostrow
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- the Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project Team
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¶Membership of the Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
BO, RGS, and JL received travel funding to Guyana from Guyana Diabetes and Foot care Project. RGS and JL received honoraria for their participation. GL received payment for statistical analysis. RK received a monthly salary to manage the project in Guyana. RGS serves on advisory boards for AbbVie, Acelity (http://acelity.com/), Coloplast (http://www.coloplast.us/), Covidien (http://www.covidien.com/), Galderma (http://www.galderma.com/), Molnlycke (http://www.molnlycke.com/#close), RNOA, and Valeant (http://www.valeant.com/). RGS has been paid for lectures by AbbVie, Acelity, BSN, Coloplast, Galderma, Leo Labs, Molnlycke, and Valeant. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JL RGS BO. Performed the experiments: JL RGS CM IB RK BO. Analyzed the data: BO JL RGS GL. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: RGS BO JL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JL RGS NYT GL CM IB RK BO. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: JL RGS NYT GL CM IB RK BO. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.