About the Authors

Melinda C. Aldrich

Contributed equally to this work with: Melinda C. Aldrich, Rajesh Kumar

melinda.aldrich@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Rajesh Kumar

Contributed equally to this work with: Melinda C. Aldrich, Rajesh Kumar

Affiliation Children's Memorial Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Laura A. Colangelo

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

L. Keoki Williams

Affiliation Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research and Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Saunak Sen

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stephen B. Kritchevsky

Affiliation Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Bernd Meibohm

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Joshua Galanter

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Donglei Hu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Christopher R. Gignoux

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Yongmei Liu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Tamara B. Harris

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Elad Ziv

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joseph Zmuda

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Melissa Garcia

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tennille S. Leak

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marilyn G. Foreman

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lewis J. Smith

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Myriam Fornage

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kiang Liu

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Esteban G. Burchard

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

for the Health ABC and CARDIA Studies

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Aldrich has served as a Guest Editor for PLoS ONE. Christopher R. Gignoux holds stock with 23andMe, Inc. Dr. Smith received consultancy funds from Karmel-Sonix. Dr. Williams has received funding from Merck & Co for speaking engagements and travel. No other disclosures were reported. 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: MCA RK SBK BM YL EGB. Performed the experiments: MCA SBK BM CRG YL TBH EZ JZ MG TSL MF KL LJS EGB. Analyzed the data: MCA RK LAC LKW SS KL JG DH CRG YL MG MGF EGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL. Wrote the paper: MCA RK EGB. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: MCA RK LAC LKW SS SBK BM JG DH CRG YL TBH EZ JZ MG TSL MGF LJS MF KL EGB. Final approval of the version to be published: MCA RK LAC LKW SS SBK BM JG DH CRG YL TBH EZ JZ MG TSL MGF LJS MF KL EGB.