About the Authors

Supriya Dabir

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

supriad@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Retina, Rajan Eye Care Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India

Vaidehi Bhatt

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software

Affiliation Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Thane, India

Deepak Bhatt

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation

Affiliation UBM Institute, Mumbai, India

Mohan Rajan

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Retina, Rajan Eye Care Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India

Preetam Samant

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Retina, PD Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai, India

Sivakumar Munusamy

Roles Investigation, Software

Affiliation Department of Retina, Rajan Eye Care Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India

C. A. B. Webers

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation University Eye Clinic Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

T. T. J. M. Berendschot

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation University Eye Clinic Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Rajan eye care pvt ltd, Chennai, provided support in the form of salaries for authors (Dabir, Rajan, Sivakumar) but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.