About the Authors

Jayant M. Pinto

jpinto@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Kristen E. Wroblewski

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David W. Kern

Affiliations Department of Comparative Human Development and The Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, The Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging, National Opinion Research Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

L. Philip Schumm

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Martha K. McClintock

Affiliations Department of Comparative Human Development and The Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, The Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging, National Opinion Research Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMP MKM. Performed the experiments: LPS MKM. Analyzed the data: KEW JMP MKM LPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWK LPS. Wrote the paper: JMP. Supervised the study: JMP MKM LPS. Provided critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: KEW DWK LPS MKM.