Abdel-All, Marwa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8103-1498
Thrift, Amanda Gay
Riddell, Michaela
Thankappan, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan
Mini, Gomathyamma Krishnakurup
Chow, Clara K.
Maulik, Pallab Kumar
Mahal, Ajay
Guggilla, Rama
Kalyanram, Kartik
Kartik, Kamakshi
Suresh, Oduru
Evans, Roger George
Oldenburg, Brian
Thomas, Nihal
Joshi, Rohina
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (GNT1042600)
Australian National Heart Foundation (GNT100484)
DBT India Alliance (IA/I/13/1/500879)
Article History
Received: 12 October 2017
Accepted: 22 April 2018
First Online: 2 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval for the overall study was obtained from The Centre for Chronic Disease Control, India; Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India; Health Ministry Screening Council, India; Rishi Valley Ethics Committee, Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle, India; Monash University, Australia and Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi, India. All participants gave written informed consent in the local language.
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