About the Authors

K. Jagadeesha Dammanahalli

Affiliation San Diego VA Healthcare System and Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Stephanie Stevens

Affiliation San Diego VA Healthcare System and Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert Terkeltaub

rterkeltaub@ucsd.edu

Affiliation San Diego VA Healthcare System and Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJD RT. Performed the experiments: KJD SS. Analyzed the data: KJD SS RT. Wrote the paper: KJD RT.