About the Authors

Audrey E. Hendricks

baera@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Josée Dupuis

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mayetri Gupta

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark W. Logue

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathryn L. Lunetta

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEH JD KLL. Performed the experiments: AEH. Analyzed the data: AEH. Wrote the paper: AEH. Provided critical feedback and guidance to the overall interpretation and content: JD MG MWL KLL. Edited and revised all versions of the manuscript: AEH JD MG MWL KLL.