About the Authors

Holly Kramer

hkramer@lumc.edu

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Chris Sempos

Affiliation Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Guichan Cao

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Amy Luke

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

David Shoham

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Richard Cooper

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Ramon Durazo-Arvizu

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK RD GC CS. Performed the experiments: HK RD GC CS. Analyzed the data: HK GC RD CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD CS. Wrote the paper: HK CS RD RC DS AL.