About the Authors

Shi Lin Lin

Affiliation Lifestyle and Life Course Epidemiology Group, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

Marie Tarrant

Affiliation School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

Lai Ling Hui

Affiliation Lifestyle and Life Course Epidemiology Group, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

Man Ki Kwok

Affiliation Lifestyle and Life Course Epidemiology Group, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

Tai Hing Lam

Affiliation Lifestyle and Life Course Epidemiology Group, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

Gabriel M. Leung

Affiliation Lifestyle and Life Course Epidemiology Group, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

C. Mary Schooling

cms1@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliations Lifestyle and Life Course Epidemiology Group, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China, City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMS SLL. Performed the experiments: CMS MT LLH MKK GML THL. Analyzed the data: SLL CMS GML. Wrote the paper: SLL CMS. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: MT GML THL LLH MKK. Obtained funding: MT CMS GML. Study supervision: TH Lam CMS GML THL. Gave final approval of the version to be published: SLL MT LLH MKK THL GML CMS.