About the Authors

Alaa A. Alkhateeb

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

alaakh@uw.edu

Affiliations Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Dental Health Sciences, School of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Lloyd A. Mancl

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Kathleen J. Ramos

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Marilynn L. Rothen

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Georgios A. Kotsakis

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Periodontics, Dental School, University of Texas Health at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Dace L. Trence

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Donald L. Chi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.