African genetic ancestry interacts with body mass index to modify risk for uterine fibroids

• Ayush Giri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ayush Giri, Todd L. Edwards

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-4670

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• Todd L. Edwards ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ayush Giri, Todd L. Edwards

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4318-6119

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• Katherine E. Hartmann,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Eric S. Torstenson,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Melissa Wellons,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Pamela J. Schreiner,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Digna R. Velez Edwards

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: digna.r.velez.edwards@vanderbilt.edu

  Affiliations Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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