About the Authors

Sobha Sivaprasad

senswathi@aol.com

Affiliation Laser and Retinal Research Unit, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Bhaskar Gupta

Affiliation Laser and Retinal Research Unit, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Martin C. Gulliford

Affiliation Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Hiten Dodhia

Affiliation Public Health Department, Lambeth NHS Primary Care Trust, London, United Kingdom

Samantha Mann

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, St. Thomas Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Dinesh Nagi

Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, Wakefield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Jennifer Evans

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS JE MG HD. Performed the experiments: BG SS. Analyzed the data: JE SS BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM DN. Wrote the paper: SS JE.