About the Authors

Thabiso Rafaki Petrus Mofokeng

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mofokengtrp@ufs.ac.za

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine (University of the Free State), Free State, South Africa

Kwazi Celani Zwakele Ndlovu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine (University of Cape Town), Cape Town, South Africa

Salem A. Beshyah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Department of Endocrinology, Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ian L. Ross

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine (University of Cape Town), Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.