About the Authors

Akihiro Shiroshita

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

akihiro.shiroshita@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Tebeb Gebretsadik

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Pingsheng Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Nejla Zeynep Kubilay

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Tina V. Hartert

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

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

AS received financial support for his doctoral study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Center for Asthma Research and the Fulbright Association, TG is supported by grants from the NIH, TH is supported by grants from the NIH and serves on DSMBs for Pfizer, and as an external scientific consultant for Sanofi. this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policy on sharing data and materials.