About the Authors

Hao Mei

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Wei Chen

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Fan Jiang

Affiliation Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Jiang He

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Sathanur Srinivasan

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Erin N. Smith

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Rady's Children's Hospital, University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nicholas Schork

Affiliation Scripps Genomic Medicine and Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Sarah Murray

Affiliation Scripps Genomic Medicine and Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gerald S. Berenson

berenson@tulane.edu

Affiliation Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM WC FJ JH SS GB. Performed the experiments: ES NS SM. Analyzed the data: HM WC FJ. Wrote the paper: HM.