About the Authors

Sébastien Tchoubi

Affiliation Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou

sobngwijoelle@gmail.com

Affiliations Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Jean Jacques N. Noubiap

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Medical Diagnostic Center, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Serra Lem Asangbeh

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Benjamin Alexandre Nkoum

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Eugene Sobngwi

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine and Metabolism, Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, National Obesity Center, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST JST. Analyzed the data: ST. Wrote the paper: ST JST JJNN SLA BAN ES.