About the Authors

Amanda M. Simanek

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jennifer Beam Dowd

Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Graham Pawelec

Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Medical Research, ZMF, University of Tuebingen Medical School, Tuebingen, Germany

David Melzer

Affiliation Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom

Ambarish Dutta

Affiliation Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom

Allison E. Aiello

aielloa@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMS JBD AEA. Analyzed the data: AMS AEA. Wrote the paper: AMS JBD GP DM AD AEA.