About the Authors
- Marcia C. de Oliveira Otto
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* E-mail: marcia.c.otto@uth.tmc.edu
Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Nikhil S. Padhye
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Affiliation Center for Nursing Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Nursing, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Alain G. Bertoni
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- David R. Jacobs Jr.
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Affiliation Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Dariush Mozaffarian
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Affiliation Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Otto was supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01HL085710 and by unrestricted educational grants from Bunge LLC and from Swiss Re. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Mozaffarian reported receiving ad hoc honoraria or consulting from Bunge, Haas Avocado Board, Nutrition Impact, Amarin, Astra Zeneca, Boston Heart Diagnostics, GOED, and Life Sciences Research Organization; and scientific advisory boards, Unilever North America and Elysium Health. The other authors report no conflicts. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MO NP AB DJ DM. Analyzed the data: MO NP. Wrote the paper: MO NP AB DJ DM.