About the Authors

William Whiteley

william.whiteley@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Caroline Jackson

Affiliation Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Steff Lewis

Affiliation Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Gordon Lowe

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Royal Infirmary, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ann Rumley

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Royal Infirmary, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Peter Sandercock

Affiliation Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Joanna Wardlaw

Affiliations Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, SFC Brain Imaging Research Centre, SINAPSE Collaboration, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Martin Dennis

Affiliation Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cathie Sudlow

Affiliations Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: WW CJ SL GL AR PS JW MD CS. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: WW CJ SL GL AR PS JW MD CS. Designed the experiments/the study: WW CJ JW CS. Analyzed the data: WW CJ CS. Collected data/did experiments for the study: WW CJ GL AR JW CS. Enrolled patients: WW PS MD CS. Wrote the first draft of the paper: WW. Contributed to the writing of the paper: WW CJ SL GL AR PS JW MD CS. Provided statistical advice: SL. Contributed to the design of the analyses and the interpretation of the data: PS. Contributed to patient characterization: JW. Principal investigator for this study: CS.