About the Authors

Rémi Kazma

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joel A. Mefford

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Iona Cheng

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, University of Hawai’i Cancer Center, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, Hawai’i, United States of America

Sarah J. Plummer

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Albert M. Levin

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Benjamin A. Rybicki

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Graham Casey

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

John S. Witte

wittej@humgen.ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK JAM IC SJP AML BAR GC JSW. Analyzed the data: RK JAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJP AML BAR GC. Wrote the paper: RK JAM IC SJP AML BAR GC JSW.