About the Authors

Antonio G. Pacheco

antgui@gmail.com

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Programa de Computação Científica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Beatriz Grinsztejn

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Maria de Jesus M. da Fonseca

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos em Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ronaldo I. Moreira

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Valdiléa G. Veloso

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ruth K. Friedman

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marilia Santini-Oliveira

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sandra W. Cardoso

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Melissa Falcão

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Programa de Computação Científica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

José G. Mill

Affiliation Federal University of Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Vitória, Brazil

Isabela Bensenor

Affiliation University of São Paulo, School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Lotufo

Affiliation University of São Paulo, School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil

Dóra Chor

Affiliation FIOCRUZ, Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos em Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

AGP and BG are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGP BG MJF VGV RKF JGM IB PL DC. Performed the experiments: RKF MSO SWC. Analyzed the data: AGP RIM MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RIM. Wrote the paper: AGP BG MF.