About the Authors

Dan E. Arking

arking@jhmi.edu

Affiliation McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Amit Khera

Affiliations Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Chao Xing

Affiliation McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

W. H. Linda Kao

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wendy Post

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Eric Boerwinkle

Affiliation Human Genetics Center and Division of Epidemiology, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Aravinda Chakravarti

Affiliation McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

In the interest of full transparency, the authors disclose that Aravinda Chakravarti is a paid advisor to Affymetrix. This role is managed by the Committee on Conflict of Interest of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEA AK WHLK WP EB AC. Performed the experiments: DEA AK. Analyzed the data: DEA AK CX WHLK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEA. Wrote the paper: DEA AK CX WHLK WP EB AC.