About the Authors

Iolanthé M. Kruger

lanthe.kruger@nwu.ac.za

Affiliation Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Marlena C. Kruger

Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Colleen M. Doak

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Health Institute of Health Sciences, Vrije University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Aletta E. Schutte

Affiliation Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Hugo W. Huisman

Affiliation Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Johannes M. Van Rooyen

Affiliation Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Rudolph Schutte

Affiliation Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Leoné Malan

Affiliation Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Nicolaas T. Malan

Affiliation Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Carla M. T. Fourie

Affiliation Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Annamarie Kruger

Affiliation Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK MCK CMD. Performed the experiments: IMK MCK AES HWH JMVR RS LM NTM CMTF AK. Analyzed the data: IMK AK MCK CMD. Wrote the paper: IMK MCK CMD AES HWH JMVR RS LM NTM CMTF AK.