About the Authors

Nicole Mongilardi

nicolemongilardi@gmail.com

Affiliations Unidad de Conocimiento y Evidencia (CONEVID), Department of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Víctor Montori

Affiliations Unidad de Conocimiento y Evidencia (CONEVID), Department of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Alejandro Riveros

Affiliation Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz

Affiliations Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Cronicas Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Javier Loza

Affiliations Unidad de Conocimiento y Evidencia (CONEVID), Department of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Cronicas Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Germán Málaga

Affiliations Unidad de Conocimiento y Evidencia (CONEVID), Department of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

Coauthor Germán Málaga is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. To the best of our knowledge, no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, exists.

Author Contributions

Implementation and data collection: NM AR. Conceived and designed the experiments: NM GM VM. Analyzed the data: AB JL AR. Wrote the paper: NM GM VM.