About the Authors

Bethany J. Wolf

wolfb@musc.edu

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth G. Hill

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth H. Slate

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Carola A. Neumann

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Emily Kistner-Griffin

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW EH ES EK-G. Performed the experiments: BW EK-G. Analyzed the data: BW EK-G. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW EK-G. Wrote the paper: BW EH ES CN EK-G. Obtained permission for use of the CGEMS data: EK-G.