About the Authors

Matthew P. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Shaun P. Brennecke

Affiliation Department of Perinatal Medicine/Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Christine E. East

Affiliation Department of Perinatal Medicine/Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Harald H. H. Göring

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jack W. Kent Jr

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Thomas D. Dyer

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Joanne M. Said

Affiliation Department of Perinatal Medicine/Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Linda T. Roten

Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Ann-Charlotte Iversen

Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Lawrence J. Abraham

Affiliation The School of Biomedical Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Seppo Heinonen

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuopio University Hospital, and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Eero Kajantie

Affiliations Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Diabetes Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Juha Kere

Affiliations Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, and Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland, Haartman Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Katja Kivinen

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anneli Pouta

Affiliation Department of Children, Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland

Hannele Laivuori

Affiliations Haartman Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Women's Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

for the FINNPEC Study Group
Rigmor Austgulen

Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

John Blangero

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Eric K. Moses

eric.moses@uwa.edu.au

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPJ SPB JB EKM. Performed the experiments: MPJ EKM. Analyzed the data: MPJ HHHG JWK TDD LJA JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPJ SPB JMS LTR ACI SH EK JK KK AP HL RA JB EKM. Wrote the paper: MPJ HHHG EKM. Reviewed Australian case-control medical records: SPB CEE. Conceived FINNPEC Study: EK JK HL. FINNPEC Study Core Investigators: SH EK JK KK AP HL.