About the Authors

Uma Mudaliar

umamudaliar@gmail.com

Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Azadeh Zabetian

Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael Goodman

Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ann L. Albright

Affiliation Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Edward W. Gregg

Affiliation Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mohammed K. Ali

Affiliations Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UM AZ JBET MKA MG. Analyzed the data: UM AZ MG JET MKA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UM AZ JET MG MKA. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: UM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: UM AZ MG AA EWG MKA JBET. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: UM AZ MG JBET AA EWG MKA. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.