About the Authors

Yingfeng Zheng

Affiliations Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Ecosse L. Lamoureux

Affiliations Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

M. Kamran Ikram

Affiliations Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, Departments of Epidemiology and Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Paul Mitchell

Affiliation Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Jie Jin Wang

Affiliations Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Christine Younan

Affiliation Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Ainur Rahman Anuar

Affiliations Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Eye Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

E-Shyong Tai

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Tien Y. Wong

ophwty@nus.edu.sg

Affiliations Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ ELL MKI PM JW ET TYW. Performed the experiments: YZ ELL MKI CY ARA ET TYW. Analyzed the data: YZ ELL MKI PM JW CY ARA ET TYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ ELL MKI PM JW CY ARA ET TYW. Wrote the paper: YZ TYW.