About the Authors

Monique J. Brown

brownmj7@vcu.edu

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Leroy R. Thacker

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Steven A. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJB LRT SAC. Performed the experiments: MJB LRT SAC. Analyzed the data: MJB LRT SAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJB. Wrote the paper: MJB. Revised the manuscript: MJB LRT SAC.