About the Authors

Christian Akem Dimala

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Christian.Akem.Dimala1@alumni.lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Orthopaedics Department, Southend University Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom, Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network, Douala, Cameroon

Roland Cheofor Ngu

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network, Douala, Cameroon, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Medical Doctors (M.D) Research Group, Douala, Cameroon

Benjamin Momo Kadia

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Foumbot District Hospital, Foumbot, Cameroon, Grace Community Health and Development Association, Kumba, Cameroon

Frank-Leonel Tianyi

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mayo-Darle District Hospital, Mayo-Darle, Cameroon

Simeon Pierre Choukem

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network, Douala, Cameroon, Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon, Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.