About the Authors

Ian M. Kronish

ik2293@columbia.edu

Affiliation Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

April P. Carson

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

Karina W. Davidson

Affiliation Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Paul Muntner

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

Monika M. Safford

Affiliation Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMK APC KWD PM MMS. Analyzed the data: IMK PM. Wrote the paper: IMK APC KWD PM MMS.