About the Authors

Loren Lipworth

loren.lipworth@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Michael T. Mumma

Affiliation International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Kerri L. Cavanaugh

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Todd L. Edwards

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

T. Alp Ikizler

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert E.Tarone

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph K. McLaughlin

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

William J. Blot

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL MTM KC TLE TAI RET JKM WJB. Performed the experiments: LL MTM KC JKM WJB. Analyzed the data: LL MTM KC RET JKM WJB. Wrote the paper: LL MTM KC WJB. Interpretation of data: LL MTM KC TLE TAI RET JKM WJB. Critical revision of manuscript for important intellectual content: TLE TAI RET.