About the Authors

Kristine Lykens

Kristine.Lykens@unthsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Neda Moayad

Affiliation Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Swati Biswas

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Carlos Reyes-Ortiz

Affiliation Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center, Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America

Karan P. Singh

Affiliation University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center's Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Facility, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL NM SB CRO KPS. Analyzed the data: KL SB. Wrote the paper: KL NM SB CRO KPS.