About the Authors

Antonio L. Dans

tdans@skybroadband.com.ph

Affiliation University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Koon Teo

Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Peggy Gao

Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Jyh-Hong Chen

Affiliation National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan

Kim Jae-Hyung

Affiliation St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Khalid Yusoff

Affiliation Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Suphachai Chaithiraphan

Affiliation Chaophya Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Jun Zhu

Affiliation FuWai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China

Liu Lisheng

Affiliation FuWai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China

Salim Yusuf

Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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Competing Interests

Except for Peggy Gao, all the authors have received research funds from the sponsors, grants for travel to scientific meetings, and honoraria for lectures. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALD KKT JHC KJH KY SC JZ LL SY. Performed the experiments: ALD KKT JHC KJH KY SC JZ LL SY. Analyzed the data: ALD KKT PG KJH KY SC JZ LL SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHC. Wrote the paper: ALD KKT PG JHC KJH KY SC JZ LL SY.