About the Authors

Jan Bressler

Affiliation Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, 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

James S. Pankow

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

Eric Boerwinkle

Eric.Boerwinkle@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliations Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB WHLK JSP EB. Performed the experiments: JB. Analyzed the data: JB WHLK JSP EB. Wrote the paper: JB EB.