About the Authors

Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui

Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

G. David Batty

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Mika Kivimäki

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Andre P. Kengne

andre.kengne@mrc.ac.za

Affiliations South African Medical Research Council and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBE APK. Performed the experiments: JBE APK. Analyzed the data: JBE APK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBE. Wrote the paper: JBE GDB MK APK.