About the Authors

Timothy G Lesnick

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Spiridon Papapetropoulos

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Deborah C Mash

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jarlath Ffrench-Mullen

Affiliation Gene Logic, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Lina Shehadeh

Affiliation Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Mariza de Andrade

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

John R Henley

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Walter A Rocca

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America , Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

J. Eric Ahlskog

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Demetrius M Maraganore

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dmaraganore@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

TGL and DMM report a provisional application for patent under 37 CFR § 1.53 (c) entitled “Predicting Parkinson's Disease.” No monies have been awarded to date. JFM is employed by Gene Logic.

Author Contributions

TGL and DMM contributed to the study design; TGL, SP, DCM, JFM, LS, MdA, WAR, and DMM contributed to collection and analysis of data; TGL, SP, DCM, JFM, LS, MdA, JRH, WAR, JEA, and DMM contributed to the interpretation of data; TGL, SP, DCM, JFM, LS, MdA, JRH, WAR, JEA, and DMM contributed to the writing of the paper; and TGL, SP, DCM, JFM, MdA, JRH, WAR, JEA, and DMM contributed to the decision to submit it for publication.