About the Authors

Khanrin P. Vashum

Khanrin.vashum@newcastle.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Mark McEvoy

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Abul Hasnat Milton

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Md. Rafiqul Islam

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Stephen Hancock

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

John Attia

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KPV MM MRI AHM SH JA. Performed the experiments: KPV MM JA AHM. Analyzed the data: KPV MM MRI JA SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KPV MM AHM MRI JA SH. Wrote the paper: KPV MM JA MRI AHM SH.