About the Authors

Malavika A. Subramanyam

Malavika@iitgn.ac.in

Affiliation Social Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Ana V. Diez-Roux

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

J. Richard Pilsner

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eduardo Villamor

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Kathleen M. Donohue

Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Yongmei Liu

Affiliation School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Nancy S. Jenny

Affiliation Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research, University of Vermont, Colchester, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Made substantial contributions to conception and design of the work, data analysis, and interpretation of data: MAS AVDR RJP EV. Made substantial contribution to acquisition of data: AVDR RJP KMD YL NSJ. Made substantial contribution to interpretation of data: KMD YL NSJ. Wrote the first draft: MAS. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: MAS AVDR JRP EV KMD YL NSJ. Approved the manuscript: MAS AVDR JRP EV KMD YL NSJ. Conceived and designed the experiments: MAS AVDR JRP EV. Analyzed the data: MAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVDR JRP KMD YL NSJ. Wrote the paper: MAS AVDR JRP EV.