About the Authors

Joseph C. Engeda

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Jengeda5@gmail.com (JCE); christy_avery@unc.edu (CLA)

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stefan K. Lhachimi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliations Research Group Evidence-Based Public Health, Leibniz Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research (BIPS), Bremen, Germany, Department for Health Services Research, Institute for Public Health and Nursing, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Wayne D. Rosamond

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jennifer L. Lund

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Thomas C. Keyserling

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Monika M. Safford

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Lisandro D. Colantonio

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Paul Muntner

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Christy L. Avery

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Jengeda5@gmail.com (JCE); christy_avery@unc.edu (CLA)

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.