About the Authors

Maja Barbalic

Affiliation Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alex P. Reiner

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Chunyuan Wu

Affiliation Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

James E. Hixson

Affiliation Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nora Franceschini

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

Charles B. Eaton

Affiliation Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Gerardo Heiss

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

David Couper

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

Thomas Mosley

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Eric Boerwinkle

eric.boerwinkle@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB APR EB. Analyzed the data: MB APR CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APR JEH CBE GH DC TM EB. Wrote the paper: MB APR EB NF.