About the Authors

Ikechi Gareth Okpechi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa

Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

Nicki Tiffin

Affiliation South African National Bioinformatics Institute/MRC Unit for Bioinformatics Capacity Development, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Okechukwu Ojoemelam Madukwe

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Nnamdi Azikiwe Secretariat, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

Ugochukwu Uchenna Onyeonoro

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria

Theophilus Ifeanyichukwu Umeizudike

Affiliation Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria

Okechukwu Samuel Ogah

osogah56156@yahoo.com

Affiliations Ministry of Health, Nnamdi Azikiwe Secretariat, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Competing Interests

All the authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OSO OOM UUO. Performed the experiments: OSO OOM UUO IIC. Analyzed the data: IGO NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OSO IGO NT TU. Wrote the paper: IGO NT OSO TU UUO IIC.