About the Authors

Christy L. Avery

Christy_avery@unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Katelyn M. Holliday

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Sujatro Chakladar

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph C. Engeda

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Shakia T. Hardy

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jared P. Reis

Affiliation Epidemiology Branch, Population and Prevention Sciences Program, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Pamela J. Schreiner

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Christina M. Shay

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Martha L. Daviglus

Affiliation Department of Medicine Institute for Minority Health Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gerardo Heiss

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Dan Yu Lin

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Donglin Zeng

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLA KMH SC GH DYL DZ. Analyzed the data: KMH SC DYL DZ CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPR PJS MLD. Wrote the paper: CLA KMH SC JCE STH JPR PJS CMS MLD GH DYL DZ.