About the Authors

Kwok-Leung Ong

oklws@yahoo.com.hk

Affiliations Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Matthew A. Allison

Affiliation Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Bernard M. Y. Cheung

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ben J. Wu

Affiliations Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Philip J. Barter

Affiliations Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kerry-Anne Rye

Affiliations Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLO MAA KAR. Analyzed the data: KLO. Wrote the paper: KLO MAA BMYC BJW PJB KAR. Gave advice on the analysis: MAA KAR.