About the Authors

Ei Ei Khaing Nang

nang_ei_ei_khaing@nuhs.edu.sg

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Rob M. van Dam

Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chuen Seng Tan

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider

Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charite Univeristy Medical Centre, Berlin, Germany

Yi Ting Lim

Affiliation Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Kai Zhi Ong

Affiliation Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Siqing Ee

Affiliation Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Jeannette Lee

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

E. Shyong Tai

Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EEKN RMVD JL EST. Performed the experiments: EEKN RMVD CST FM YTL KZO SE JL EST. Analyzed the data: EEKN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EEKN CST FM YTL KZO SE. Wrote the paper: EEKN RMVD EST. Interpretation of data: EEKN RMVD CST FM JL EST. Critical input on all versions of the manuscript: EEKN RMVD CST FM YTL KZO SE JL EST. Approved final version of the manuscript: EEKN RMVD CST FM YTL KZO SE JL EST.