About the Authors

C. Mary Schooling

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cms1@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Tai Hing Lam

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

G. Neil Thomas

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Benjamin J. Cowling

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Michelle Heys

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Edward D. Janus

Affiliations Clinical Biochemistry Unit, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China, Department of Medicine, Western Hospital, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Gabriel M. Leung

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

for the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: CS. Wrote the paper: CS. Other: Contributed to the hypothesis, design and writing of the paper: GL. Critically reviewed the manuscript for intellectual content: BC GT TL GL MH EJ. Conceived and designed the original study: TL EJ. Advised on the hypothesis: MH. Advised on data analysis: BC. Conceived and designed the hypothesis tested here: CS.