About the Authors

María de los Angeles Lazo

Affiliations CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Unidad de Conocimiento y Evidencia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz

Affiliation CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Miguel E. Pinto

Affiliations Facultad de Medicina “Alberto Hurtado”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Ray Ticse

Affiliations Facultad de Medicina “Alberto Hurtado”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

German Malaga

Affiliations CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Unidad de Conocimiento y Evidencia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Facultad de Medicina “Alberto Hurtado”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Katherine Sacksteder

Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

J. Jaime Miranda

Jaime.Miranda@upch.pe

Affiliations CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Facultad de Medicina “Alberto Hurtado”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliations CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJM RHG. Performed the experiments: MP RT. Analyzed the data: ML ABO JJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABO. Wrote the paper: ML ABO GM KS JJM RHG.