About the Authors

Ramon Casanova

Casanova@wakehealth.edu

Affiliation Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Santiago Saldana

Affiliation Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Emily Y. Chew

Affiliation National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health [NIH], Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ronald P. Danis

Affiliation Fundus Photograph Reading Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Craig M. Greven

Affiliation Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Walter T. Ambrosius

Affiliation Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC RD. Performed the experiments: SS RC. Analyzed the data: RC SS WA EC RD CG. Wrote the paper: RC SS WA EC RD CG.