About the Authors
- C. Mary Schooling
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*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
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Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- G. Neil Thomas
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Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Benjamin J. Cowling
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Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Michelle Heys
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Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Edward D. Janus
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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
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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.