About the Authors
- Simon C. Mathews
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Jaya Mallidi
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Krishnaji Kulkarni
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Affiliation Research and Development, Atherotech Diagnostics Lab, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Peter P. Toth
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Affiliation CGH Medical Center, Sterling, Illinois, and University of Illinois School of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
- Steven R. Jones
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* E-mail: sjones64@jhmi.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
1. Dr. K. Kulkarni has the following conflict: Employment, Atherotech Diagnostics. 2. SRJ has read the journal's policy and has no conflicts other than having received grant support from Atherotech for the costs of acquisition and analysis of the specimens providing the data used in this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SRJ. Analyzed the data: SRJ KK PPT JM SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK. Wrote the paper: SM SRJ.