About the Authors

Mark A. McEvoy

mark.mcevoy@newcastle.edu.au (MM); john.attia@newcastle.edu.au (JA)

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Hunter Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Peter W. Schofield

Affiliation Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Wayne T. Smith

Affiliation Environmental Health Branch, New South Wales Department of Health, Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia

Kingsley Agho

Affiliation Science of Mental Health & Adversity Unit, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Arduino A. Mangoni

Affiliations Division of Applied Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Woodend Hospital, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Roy L. Soiza

Affiliations Division of Applied Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Woodend Hospital, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Roseanne Peel

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Hunter Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Stephen J. Hancock

Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Hunter Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Ciriaco Carru

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Angelo Zinellu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

John R. Attia

mark.mcevoy@newcastle.edu.au (MM); john.attia@newcastle.edu.au (JA)

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Hunter Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Department of General Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM. Performed the experiments: MM PS WS RP SH JA. Analyzed the data: MM PS WS KA AM RS CC AZ RP SH JA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM PS WS KA AM RS CC AZ RP SH JA. Wrote the paper: MM PS WS KA AM RS CC AZ RP SH JA.