About the Authors

Eimear Keane

eimear.keane@ucc.ie

Affiliation Department Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Richard Layte

Affiliation Economic and Social Research Institute, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin, Ireland

Janas Harrington

Affiliation Department Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Patricia M. Kearney

Affiliation Department Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Ivan J. Perry

Affiliation Department Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RL. Analyzed the data: EK RL. Wrote the paper: EK RL JH PMK IJP.