About the Authors

Eric J. Shiroma

Eric.shiroma@nih.gov

Affiliations Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Science, Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Nancy R. Cook

Affiliations Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

JoAnn E. Manson

Affiliations Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

Julie E. Buring

Affiliations Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

Eric B. Rimm

Affiliations Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

I-Min Lee

Affiliations Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJS NRC JEM JEB EBR IML. Performed the experiments: EJS IML. Analyzed the data: EJS IML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJS IML. Wrote the paper: EJS NRC JEM JEB EBR IML.