About the Authors

Fernando Pires Hartwig

fernandophartwig@gmail.com

Affiliations Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social & Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Christian Loret de Mola

Affiliation Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Neil Martin Davies

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

Cesar Gomes Victora

Affiliation Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Caroline L. Relton

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FPH NMD CGV. Data curation: FPH CLM NMD. Investigation: FPH CLM. Methodology: FPH CLM CGV NMD. Project administration: FPH CGV CLR. Resources: CGV CLR. Supervision: CGV CLR. Visualization: FPH. Writing – original draft: FPH. Writing – review & editing: CLM NMD CGV CLR.