About the Authors

Lisa B. Signorello

Lisa@iei.us

Affiliations International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jiajun Shi

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Qiuyin Cai

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Wei Zheng

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Scott M. Williams

Affiliation Division of Human Genomics, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jirong Long

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sarah S. Cohen

Affiliation International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Guoliang Li

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bruce W. Hollis

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Jeffrey R. Smith

Affiliation Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

William J. Blot

Affiliations International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LBS QC JS WJB. Performed the experiments: JS QC SMW JL GL BWH JRS. Analyzed the data: LBS SSC WJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QC WZ BWH JRS. Wrote the paper: LBS. Performed genetic data cleaning and quality control: JS GL JL. Supervised the genotyping: WZ QC JRS. Oversaw biosample collection, storage, and handling: WZ QC. Supervised the recruitment of participants and collection of data: WJB LBS. Edited the report for critical scientific content: LBS JS QC WZ SMW JL SSC GL BWH JRS WJB.