About the Authors
- Nasheeta Peer
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Affiliation Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit, Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa
- Krisela Steyn
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Affiliation Chronic Disease Initiative in Africa, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Carl Lombard
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Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
- Estelle V. Lambert
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Affiliation University of Cape Town/Medical Research Council Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa
- Bavanisha Vythilingum
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Naomi S. Levitt
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* E-mail: naomi.levitt@uct.ac.za
Affiliations Chronic Disease Initiative in Africa, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Competing Interests
NL has received honoraria from Novartis for serving on the steering committee for the Navigator Trial and travel support from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly Laboratories and Sanofi Aventis. All other authors report no potential conflicts of interest, including specific financial interests, relevant to the subject of this manuscript. This study was partially funded by a commercial source (Servier Laboratories [South Africa]). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NP KS CL NSL. Analyzed the data: NP CL EVL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BV. Wrote the paper: NP KS CL EVL BV NSL.