About the Authors

Hui Miao

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Mikael Hartman

ephbamh@nus.edu.sg

Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy

Affiliations National Clinical Research Centre, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Soo-Chin Lee

Affiliation Department of Hematology Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Nur Aishah Taib

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ern-Yu Tan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Patrick Chan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Karel G. M. Moons

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Hoong-Seam Wong

Affiliation National Clinical Research Centre, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Jeremy Goh

Affiliation Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Siti Mastura Rahim

Affiliation Ministry of Health Holdings, Singapore, Singapore

Cheng-Har Yip

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Helena M. Verkooijen

Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM MH NBP HV. Analyzed the data: HM MH NBP KM HV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH NBP SCL NT EYT PC HSW JG SMR CHY HV. Wrote the paper: HM MH NBP SCL NT EYT PC HSW JG SMR CHY HV.