Contribution to authorship
RDL conceived and designed the project in collaboration with DAR. DAR
and AKN coordinated regulatory approval and patient recruitment.
Anthropometric measurements, blood collection and processing were
undertaken by AKN and RDL. RDL performed most the complement
measurements. RDL and DF carried out statistical analysis. DAR, DF and
RDL contributed to the interpretation of data. RDL and DAR wrote the
manuscript with input from DF.