About the Authors

Emily W. Gower

egower@wakehealth.edu

Affiliation Departments of Epidemiology and Prevention and Ophthalmology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Sheila K. West

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sandra D. Cassard

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Beatriz E. Munoz

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jennifer C. Harding

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shannath L. Merbs

Affiliation Division of Oculoplastics, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EWG SLM SKW BEM SDC JCH. Performed the experiments: EWG SLM JCH. Analyzed the data: EWG SDC BEM. Wrote the paper: EWG SLM JCH SDC SKW BEM.