About the Authors

Yusra E. Elobaid

yusraelobaid@hotmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Tar Ching Aw

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Michal Grivna

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Nico Nagelkerke

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YE TCA MG. Performed the experiments: YE MG. Analyzed the data: YE TCA MG NN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YE NN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YE TCA MG NN.