About the Authors

Laufey T Amundadottir

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: laufey.amundadottir@decode.is (LTA), E-mail: kari.stefansson@decode.is (KS)

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sverrir Thorvaldsson

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Daniel F Gudbjartsson

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Patrick Sulem

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Kristleifur Kristjansson

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sigurdur Arnason

address: Keflavik County Hospital, Keflavik, Iceland

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Jeffrey R Gulcher

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Johannes Bjornsson

Affiliation National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

Augustine Kong

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Unnur Thorsteinsdottir

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Kari Stefansson

Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland

Competing Interests

JB and SA have declared that no competing interests exist. LTA, ST, DFG, PS, KK, JRG, AK, UT, KS have stock in deCODE Genetics as well as equity interests.

Author Contributions

LTA, ST, DFG, PS, KK, SA, JRG, JB, AK, UT, and KS designed the study. LTA, ST, DFG, PS, AK, and UT analyzed the data. LTA, ST, DFG, PS, KK, SA, JRG, JB, AK, UT, and KS contributed to writing the paper.