About the Authors

Kenneth K. Poon

Current address: Broward Community & Family Health Centers, Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bich N. Dang

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jessica A. Davila

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Christine Hartman

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Thomas P. Giordano

tpg@bcm.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Interpretation of data: KKP BND JAD CH TPG. Conceived and designed the experiments: KKP JAD TPG. Analyzed the data: CH. Wrote the paper: KKP BND.