About the Authors
- Julie A. Womack
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* E-mail: julie.womack@va.gov
Affiliation VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Joseph L. Goulet
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Affiliation VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Cynthia Gibert
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Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Cynthia Brandt
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Affiliations VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Chung Chou Chang
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Affiliation Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Barbara Gulanski
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Affiliations VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Liana Fraenkel
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Affiliations VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Kristin Mattocks
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Affiliations VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- David Rimland
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Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas
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Affiliation Medical Service, Michael E. De Bakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Janet Tate
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Affiliation VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Michael T. Yin
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Amy C. Justice
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Affiliations VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- for the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Project Team
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JAW JG CG CB CCC BG DR MRB ACJ. Performed the experiments: JAW JG CCC. Analyzed the data: JAW JG CCC ACJ. Wrote the manuscript: JAW JG CG CB CCC BG LF KM DR MRB JT MTY ACJ. Acquisition of data: ACJ CB MRB DR CG.