About the Authors

Mark D. Huffman

m-huffman@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Abigail Baldridge

Affiliation Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gerald S. Bloomfield

Affiliation Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lisandro D. Colantonio

Affiliation University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Poornima Prabhakaran

Affiliation Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Vamadevan S. Ajay

Affiliation Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Sarah Suh

Affiliation Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Grant Lewison

Affiliation King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Dorairaj Prabhakaran

Affiliation Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP VSA MDH. Performed the experiments: MDH AB GSB. Analyzed the data: MDH AB GL DP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDH. Wrote the paper: MDH AB GSB LC PP VSA SS GL DP. Obtained funding: DP.