About the Authors

Jonathan D. Newman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Paul Muntner

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Daichi Shimbo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Karina W. Davidson

kd2124@columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jonathan A. Shaffer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Donald Edmondson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: JDN KWD DE. Wrote the paper: JDN PM DS KWD JAS DE.