About the Authors

Faisal S. Khan

faisal.khan@irdresearch.org

Affiliations Indus Hospital Research Center, Korangi Crossing, Karachi, Pakistan, Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Ismat Lotia-Farrukh

Affiliations Indus Hospital Research Center, Korangi Crossing, Karachi, Pakistan, Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Aamir J. Khan

Affiliations Indus Hospital Research Center, Korangi Crossing, Karachi, Pakistan, Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Saad Tariq Siddiqui

Affiliation Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Sana Zehra Sajun

Affiliation Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Amyn Abdul Malik

Affiliation Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Aziza Burfat

Affiliation Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Mohammad Hussham Arshad

Affiliation Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Andrew J. Codlin

Affiliation Interactive Research & Development, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan

Belinda M. Reininger

Affiliation University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Joseph B. McCormick

Affiliation University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Nadeem Afridi

Affiliation Association of Pakistani-Descent Cardiologists of North America, Wellington, Florida, United States of America

Susan P. Fisher-Hoch

Affiliation University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJK FSK ILF SPFH JBM NA. Performed the experiments: FSK ILF STS SZS AAM AB MHA AJC. Analyzed the data: ILF FSK. Wrote the paper: FSK ILF SPFH AJK JBM BMR.