About the Authors

Noelle N. Gronroos

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Alanna M. Chamberlain

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Aaron R. Folsom

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Elsayed Z. Soliman

Affiliation Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center (EPICARE), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Sunil K. Agarwal

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

Jennifer A. Nettleton

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Alvaro Alonso

alonso@umn.edu

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NNG AMC ARF EZS SKA JAN AA. Performed the experiments: NNG AA. Analyzed the data: NNG AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARF EZS. Wrote the paper: NNG AMC ARF EZS SKA JAN AA.