About the Authors

Ankit Maheshwari

mahes046@umn.edu

Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Faye L. Norby

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

Elsayed Z. Soliman

Affiliation Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center (EPICARE), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Selcuk Adabag

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Eric A. Whitsel

Affiliation Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Alvaro Alonso

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lin Y. Chen

Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AM LYC. Formal analysis: FLN. Writing – original draft: AM LYC. Writing – review & editing: AM FLN EZS SA EAW AA LYC.