About the Authors

Godfred Agongo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

g_agongo@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Forensic Sciences, School of Chemical and Biochemical Sciences, C.K Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, Ghana, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo, Ghana

Frederick Raal

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Engelbert A. Nonterah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo, Ghana, Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Cornelius Debpuur

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo, Ghana, Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Abraham R. Oduro

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo, Ghana, Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Michèle Ramsay

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Nigel J. Crowther

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.