About the Authors

Megan A. Carter

carter.megan@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lise Dubois

Affiliations Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Mark S. Tremblay

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Monica Taljaard

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Bobby L. Jones

Affiliation Behavioral Genetics Research Program, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC LD MST. Analyzed the data: MAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT BLJ. Wrote the paper: MAC. Provided statistical advice and feedback: MT BLJ. Provided feedback on various drafts of the article and have consented to submit the final version: MAC LD MST MT BLJ.