About the Authors

Ahmadou M. Jingi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Jean Jacques N. Noubiap

noubiapjj@yahoo.fr

Affiliation Internal Medicine Unit, Edéa Regional Hospital, Edéa, Cameroon

Arnold Ewane Onana

Affiliation National Obesity Center, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Jobert Richie N. Nansseu

Affiliation Sickle Cell Unit, Mother and Child Centre, Chantal Biya Foundation, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Binhuan Wang

Affiliation Department of Population Health, Division of Biostatistics, New York School of Medicine, New York, United States of America

Samuel Kingue

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

André Pascal Kengne

Affiliation Non-communicable Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMJ JJNN AEO. Performed the experiments: AMJ. Analyzed the data: AMJ JJNN BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMJ JJNN. Wrote the paper: JJNN AMJ APK AEO JRNN BW SK.