About the Authors

Pandora L. Wander

lwander@u.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hagit Hochner

Affiliation Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Colleen M. Sitlani

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Daniel A. Enquobahrie

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Thomas Lumley

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Gabriela M. Lawrence

Affiliation Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Ayala Burger

Affiliation Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Bella Savitsky

Affiliation Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Orly Manor

Affiliation Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Vardiella Meiner

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Stephanie Hesselson

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Pui Y. Kwok

Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

David S. Siscovick

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Yechiel Friedlander

Affiliation Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH DAE TL GML AB BS OM VM SH PYK DSS YF. Performed the experiments: SH PYK. Analyzed the data: PLW CMS. Wrote the paper: PLW HH CMS DAE DSS YF.