About the Authors

David A. Shoham

dshoham@lumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Liping Tong

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Peter J. Lamberson

Affiliation Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Amy H. Auchincloss

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jun Zhang

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Lara Dugas

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Jay S. Kaufman

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Richard S. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Amy Luke

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAS LT PJL AHA JZ LD JSK RSC AL. Analyzed the data: DAS LT PJL. Wrote the paper: DAS LT PJL AHA JZ LD JSK RSC AL.