About the Authors

Dianjianyi Sun

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Shengxu Li

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Xiaotao Zhang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Camilo Fernandez

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Wei Chen

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Sathanur R. Srinivasan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Gerald S. Berenson

berenson@tulane.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS WC. Performed the experiments: WC SS GSB. Analyzed the data: DS SL XZ WC CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS SL CF WC SS GSB. Wrote the paper: DS SL WC SS GSB.