About the Authors

Fariba Kolahdooz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Desiree Simeon

Affiliation Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Community Health Services Division, Wellness and Prevention Department, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

Gary Ferguson

Affiliation Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Community Health Services Division, Wellness and Prevention Department, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

Sangita Sharma

gita.sharma@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS. Performed the experiments: DS GF. Analyzed the data: FK. Wrote the paper: FK DS GF.