About the Authors

James Yarmolinsky

jamesyarmolinsky@gmail.com

Affiliation Postgraduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Noel T. Mueller

Affiliations Postgraduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America, Institute of Human Nutrition and Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America

Bruce B. Duncan

Affiliation Postgraduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina

Affiliation Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Alessandra C. Goulart

Affiliation Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Hospital Universitário, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Maria Inês Schmidt

Affiliation Postgraduate Studies Program in Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BBD MDCBM MIS. Performed the experiments: BBD ACG MDCBM MIS. Analyzed the data: JY NTM. Wrote the paper: JY NTM BBD MIS.