About the Authors

Radek Bukowski

rkbukows@utmb.edu

Affiliation University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, United States of America

Nellie I. Hansen

Affiliation RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Marian Willinger

Affiliation The Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Uma M. Reddy

Affiliation The Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Corette B. Parker

Affiliation RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Halit Pinar

Affiliation Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Robert M. Silver

Affiliation University of Utah School of Medicine and Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Donald J. Dudley

Affiliation University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States of America

Barbara J. Stoll

Affiliation Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

George R. Saade

Affiliation University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, United States of America

Matthew A. Koch

Affiliation RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Carol J. Rowland Hogue

Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael W. Varner

Affiliation University of Utah School of Medicine and Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Deborah L. Conway

Affiliation University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States of America

Donald Coustan

Affiliation Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Robert L. Goldenberg

Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network

Membership of the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB NIH MW UMR CBP HP RMS DJD BJS GRS MAK CH MDV DLC DC RLG. Analyzed the data: NIH CBP MAK. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: RB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RB NIH MW UMR CBP HP RMS DJD BJS GRS MAK CH MDV DLC DC RLG. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: RB NIH MW UMR CBP HP RMS DJD BJS GRS MAK CH MDV DLC DC RLG. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: RB NIH MW UMR CBP HP RMS DJD BJS GRS MAK CH MDV DLC DC RLG.