About the Authors
- Ching-Yu Cheng
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
- David Reich
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Affiliations Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Christopher A. Haiman
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Arti Tandon
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Affiliations Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Nick Patterson
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Affiliation Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Selvin Elizabeth
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Ermeg L. Akylbekova
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Affiliation Jackson Heart Study Analysis Group, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
- Frederick L. Brancati
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Josef Coresh
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Eric Boerwinkle
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Affiliation Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- David Altshuler
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Human Genetic Research and Diabetes Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Herman A. Taylor
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Affiliation Jackson State University, Tougaloo College, and the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
- Brian E. Henderson
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- James G. Wilson
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Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
- W. H. Linda Kao
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* E-mail: wkao@jhsph.edu
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CYC DR CAH JW WHK. Performed the experiments: DR CAH EB JW. Analyzed the data: CYC AT NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR CAH SE ELA FLB JC EB DA HAT BEH JW WHK. Wrote the paper: CYC DR WHK.