About the Authors

Morris Sasson

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panamá City, Panamá

Marcos Lee

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panamá City, Panamá

Carmen Jan

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panamá City, Panamá

Flavia Fontes

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Panamá City, Panamá

Jorge Motta

drjmotta@gmail.com

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panamá City, Panamá

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS FF JM. Performed the experiments: MS ML CJ JM. Analyzed the data: MS ML CJ JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS ML CJ FF JM. Wrote the paper: MS ML CJ JM.