About the Authors

Tom Dudding

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Community and Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Oral and Dental Science, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

Steve J. Thomas

Affiliation School of Oral and Dental Science, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

Karen Duncan

Affiliation School of Oral and Dental Science, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

Debbie A. Lawlor

Affiliation MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Community and Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Nicholas J. Timpson

n.j.timpson@bris.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Community and Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD NJT. Performed the experiments: TD. Analyzed the data: TD. Wrote the paper: TD NJT SJT DAL. Collected data: KD.