About the Authors

Dilek Pirim

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

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts & Science, Bursa Uludag University, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey

Clareann H. Bunker

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John E. Hokanson

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Richard F. Hamman

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

F. Yesim Demirci

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

M. Ilyas Kamboh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kamboh@pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.