1. Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine, Oslo, Norway.
2. Department of Endocrinology, Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3. Unit for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
4. Executive Diabetes Care Centre, NHN, Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
5. ACT Diabetes Service, Division of Medicine, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia.
6. Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.