About the Authors

Sarah J. McDougal

sjmcd13@uw.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeremiah Alexander

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound, General Medicine Service, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Shireesha Dhanireddy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Robert D. Harrington

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Joanne D. Stekler

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDS SJM JA. Analyzed the data: SJM JDS. Wrote the paper: SJM JA SD RDH JDS.