About the Authors

Andrew D. Schreiner

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

schrein@musc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Jingwen Zhang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Mulugeta Gebregziabher

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

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Justin Marsden

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Patrick D. Mauldin

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Don C. Rockey

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors report no conflicts of interest with this work. Dr. Schreiner has consulted for Novo Nordisk. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.