About the Authors

Yun Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun Zhu, Jingyun Yang

Affiliation Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jingyun Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun Zhu, Jingyun Yang

Affiliation Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Fawn Yeh

Affiliation Center for American Indian Health Research, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Shelley A. Cole

Affiliation Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Karin Haack

Affiliation Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Elisa T. Lee

Affiliation Center for American Indian Health Research, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Barbara V. Howard

Affiliations MedStar Health Research Institute, Hyattsville, Maryland, United States of America, Georgetown and Howard Universities Centers for Translational Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Jinying Zhao

jzhao5@tulane.edu

Affiliation Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: YZ JY. Wrote the paper: JZ YZ JY. Conceived the study: JZ. Collected genotype data: SAC KH. Reviewed manuscript: SAC KH FY ETL BVH. Contributed to discussion: FY ETL BVH.