About the Authors

Baqiyyah N. Conway

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

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Xijing Han

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

Affiliation International Epidemiology Field Station, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Heather M. Munro

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

Affiliation International Epidemiology Field Station, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Amy L. Gross

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Epidemiology Field Station, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Xiao-Ou Shu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Margaret K. Hargreaves

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Wei Zheng

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Alvin C. Powers

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America; VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

William J. Blot

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

william.j.blot@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations International Epidemiology Field Station, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.