About the Authors

Beatrice A. Golomb

bgolomb@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Joel E. Dimsdale

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Hayley J. Koslik

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Marcella A. Evans

Current address: Department of Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Xun Lu

Current address: Department of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong

Affiliation Department of Economics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Steven Rossi

Current address: Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Paul J. Mills

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Halbert L. White

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Economics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Michael H. Criqui

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG JD HW MC. Performed the experiments: BG JD MC PM SR. Analyzed the data: BG HW XL ME HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM SR. Wrote the paper: BG MC. Critical revisions of manuscript: BG JD HW ME XL HK. Final approval: BG JD HK ME XL HW MC.