About the Authors

Najaf Amin

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical Center (MC) Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Cornelia M. van Duijn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical Center (MC) Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Yurii S. Aulchenko

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: i.aoultchenko@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical Center (MC) Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YA NA. Performed the experiments: YA NA. Analyzed the data: YA NA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Cv YA NA. Wrote the paper: YA NA.