About the Authors

Sukrit Narula

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

sukrit.narula@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Pedrum Mohammadi-Shemirani

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stefanie Aeschbacher

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Michael R. Chong

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ann Le

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sébastien Thériault

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada

Kirsten Grossman

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliations Faculty of Medical Sciences, Private University Triesen, Triesen, Liechtenstein, Dr Risch Medical Laboratory, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Guillaume Paré

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software

Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lorenz Risch

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center of Laboratory Medicine, University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Dr Risch Medical Laboratory, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Dr Risch Medical Laboratory, Buchs, Switzerland

Martin Risch

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dr Risch Medical Laboratory, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Dr Risch Medical Laboratory, Buchs, Switzerland, Central Laboratory, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland

David Conen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: DC received consulting fees from Roche Diagnostics and Trimedics, and speaker fees from Servier and BMS/Pfizer, all outside of the current work. LR and MR are key shareholders of the Dr Risch Medical Laboratory. During the course of the project, PMS became a full-time employee at Deep Genomics and subsequently Takeda. However, his role was limited to before he began industry employment and the results/project are not related to the work he conducts in his industry role. ST holds a junior scholar award from the FRQS (Fonds de recherche du Québec–Santé). GP holds the Canada Research Chair in Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology and Cisco Systems Professorship in Integrated Health Biosystems. SN, MRC, KG, AL, SA have nothing to disclose. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.