About the Authors

Zheng Ye

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: zy215@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Site, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Honglin Song

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Site, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Julian P. T Higgins

Affiliation Public Health Genetics Unit and MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Paul Pharoah

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Site, Cambridge, United Kingdom , Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Site, Cambridge, United Kingdom

John Danesh

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Site, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ZY, HS, and JD designed the study. ZY, HS, JPTH, PP, and JD analyzed the data. ZY conducted statistical analyses. ZY and JD drafted the manuscript. ZY, HS, JPTH, PP, and JD edited the manuscript.