About the Authors

Andrea S. Foulkes

foulkes@schoolph.umass.edu

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregory J. Matthews

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ujjwal Das

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jane F. Ferguson

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rongheng Lin

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Muredach P. Reilly

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASF GJM UD MPR. Performed the experiments: ASF GJM UD JFF. Analyzed the data: ASF GJM UD JFF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASF GJM UD RL. Wrote the paper: ASF MPR.