About the Authors

Richard Howey

Contributed equally to this work with: Richard Howey, So-Youn Shin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

So-Youn Shin

Contributed equally to this work with: Richard Howey, So-Youn Shin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: GNS Healthcare, 196 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliations Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Caroline Relton

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

George Davey Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Heather J. Cordell

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

heather.cordell@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.