About the Authors

Zexu Li

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

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Suraj P. Prabhu

Roles Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Boston University Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zachary T. Popp

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shubhi S. Jain

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vijetha Balakundi

Roles Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ting Fang Alvin Ang

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rhoda Au

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine/Section of Genetics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jinying Chen

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

jinychen@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine/Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Data Science Core, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: Rhoda Au serves on a scientific advisory board for Signant Health and NovoNordisk for which she is paid a consulting fee. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.