About the Authors

Xiaoyu Wu

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

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Isaac Luria

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida, GainesvilleFlorida, United States of America

Meisheng Xiao

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Patrick Tighe

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Florida, GainesvilleFlorida, United States of America

Fei Zou

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Baiming Zou

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

bzou@email.unc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.