Participants
PATHOLOGY
Interested volunteers, evaluated as likely eligible, were contacted via telephone for further assessment of their eligibility and to obtain demographic details. Participants meeting the eligibility criteria were then required to complete an online informed consent form and to have a sample of their non-fasted blood collected from a local pathology collection center. This blood sample was used to measure glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C), liver function, full blood count (FBC), renal function, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Participants with results significantly outside the reference ranges were ineligible to participate in the study. Participant eligibility criteria are outlined below: