About the Authors

Iftikhar J. Kullo

kullo.iftikhar@mayo.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Keyue Ding

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Hayan Jouni

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Carin Y. Smith

Affiliation Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Christopher G. Chute

Affiliation Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IJK CGC. Performed the experiments: IJK KD HJ CYS. Analyzed the data: IJK KD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IJK. Wrote the paper: IJK KD.