About the Authors

Susan P. Fisher-Hoch

susan.p.fisher-hoch@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville Campus, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Kristina P. Vatcheva

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristina P. Vatcheva, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Joseph B. McCormick

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville Campus, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Mohammad H. Rahbar

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristina P. Vatcheva, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Joseph B. McCormick

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Division of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Room 1100.05 UT Professional Building, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joseph B. McCormick

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristina P. Vatcheva, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Joseph B. McCormick

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville Campus, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPFH JBM MHR. Performed the experiments: KPV MHR SPFH. Analyzed the data: KPV MHR. Wrote the paper: SPFH JBM MHR KPV.