About the Authors

Kyunghee Han

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Pantelis Z. Hadjipantelis

Roles Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jane-Ling Wang

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Michael S. Kramer

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Seungmi Yang

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Richard M. Martin

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Hans-Georg Müller

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hgmueller@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.