About the Authors
- Harvinder Kaur Gilcharan Singh
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Contributed equally to this work with: Harvinder Kaur Gilcharan Singh, Winnie Siew Swee Chee
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: HarvinderKaur@imu.edu.my (HKGS); winnie_chee@imu.edu.my (WSSC)
Affiliation Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Winnie Siew Swee Chee
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Contributed equally to this work with: Harvinder Kaur Gilcharan Singh, Winnie Siew Swee Chee
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: HarvinderKaur@imu.edu.my (HKGS); winnie_chee@imu.edu.my (WSSC)
Affiliation Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Osama Hamdy
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Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
- Jeffrey Ian Mechanick
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Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States of America
- Verna Kar Mun Lee
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Ankur Barua
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Siti Zubaidah Mohd Ali
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Klinik Kesihatan Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
- Zanariah Hussein
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Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hospital Putrajaya, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Competing Interests
The authors of this manuscript declare that there is no conflict of interest or potential competing interest for this work.The diabetes-specific formula was provided by Abbott Nutrition, Malaysia, who also funded the study. This does not alter the adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.