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Correspondence: Shammi Luhar, sl989@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Author contributions: SL, RJ, SK, LC and KMVN all helped develop the concept and design the study. The acquisition of data was done by DK, RMA, MKA, SAP, DP, MK, VM, NT and KMVN. Statistical analysis of the data was performed by SL.
All authors made substantial contributions to the interpretation of results. SL and KMVN drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed to the critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content.
SL had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. All authors approved the final manuscript for publication.
Disclosures: The authors declare that there are no relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work.
This specific research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (https://esrc.ukri.org; grant no. ES/J500021/1 to SL).
CARRS was funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHSN268200900026C, and the United Health Group, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
KMVN, MKA and SAP were funded in part by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the NIH under award no. P30DK111024. KMVN was funded in part for ‘Worksite Lifestyle Program for Reducing Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk in India’ project funded by NHLBI, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services under award no. R01HL125442.
SAP, KMVN, MKA, NT and DP were supported in part by the NHLBI of the NIH, award no. 5U01HL138635 under the Hypertension Outcomes for T4 Research within Lower Middle-Income Countries (Hy-TREC) program.
DK has been supported by Fogarty International Center for PH Leader Course, NIH under grant no. D43TW009135.
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