About the Authors

Ambika Satija

Affiliations Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India, South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Sutapa Agrawal

sutapa.agrawal@phfi.org

Affiliation South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Liza Bowen

Affiliation Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Neha Khandpur

Affiliation Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Sanjay Kinra

Affiliation Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Dorairaj Prabhakaran

Affiliation Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India

Kolli Srinath Reddy

Affiliation Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

George Davey Smith

Affiliation University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Shah Ebrahim

Affiliations South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India, Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SE AS GDS SA. Performed the experiments: AS SA SE. Analyzed the data: SA AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB SK DP KR. Wrote the paper: AS SA NK SE.