About the Authors

Amy R. Bentley

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

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kauthrah Ntabadde

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section on Diabetes, Nutrition and Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Claudine B. Kabeza

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section on Diabetes, Nutrition and Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kenneth Ekoru

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Omnigen Biodata Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Christopher W. DuBose

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section on Diabetes, Nutrition and Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David B. Sacks

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Adebowale A. Adeyemo

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Charles N. Rotimi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are co-senior authors.

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Anne E. Sumner

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

anne.sumner@nih.gov

‡ These authors are co-senior authors.

Affiliations Section on Diabetes, Nutrition and Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Hypertension in Africa Research Team, North-West University, Potchefstroom, North-West, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.