About the Authors

Fiona Geaney

f.geaney@ucc.ie

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Cristian Scutaru

Affiliation Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Free University Berlin and Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Clare Kelly

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Ronan W. Glynn

Affiliation Department of Public Health, HSE Eastern Region, Dr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

Ivan J. Perry

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FG. Performed the experiments: CS. Analyzed the data: FG CS RWG CK IJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS. Wrote the paper: FG CS RWG CK IJP.