About the Authors

Neha J. Pagidipati

npagidipati@partners.org

Affiliations Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India, Division of Women’s Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, United States of America

Mark D. Huffman

Affiliations Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, United States of America

Panniyammakal Jeemon

Affiliations Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Rajeev Gupta

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, India

Prakash Negi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India

Thannikot M. Jaison

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India

Satyavan Sharma

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai, India

Nakul Sinha

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Padinhare Mohanan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, West Fort Hi-tech Hospital, Ltd., Trissur, India

B. G. Muralidhara

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Trinity Hospital and Heart Foundation, Bangalore, India

Sasidharan Bijulal

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India

Sivasubramonian Sivasankaran

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India

Vijay K. Puri

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India

Jacob Jose

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

K. Srinath Reddy

Affiliation Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Dorairaj Prabhakaran

Affiliation Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors confirm that funding for the DEMAT registry was provided by Merck Sharpe & Dohme (MSD), India. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJ RG PN TMJ S. Sharma NS PM BGM SB S. Sivasankaran VKP JJ KSR DP. Performed the experiments: RG PN TMJ S. Sharma NS PM BGM SB S. Sivasankaran VKP JJ KSR DP JSF. Analyzed the data: NJP MH DP. Wrote the paper: NJP MH DP.