About the Authors

Dominique S. Michaud

Dominique_Michaud@brown.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Brown Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Afshan Siddiq

Affiliation School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

David G. Cox

Affiliations School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Lyon Cancer Research Center, INSERM U1052/CNRS UMR 5286/UCBL1, Lyon, France

Danielle M. Backes

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Brown Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Federico C. F. Calboli

Affiliation School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Michael E. Sughrue

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Oklahoma, Norma, Oklahoma, United States of America

J. Michael Gaziano

Affiliation Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jing Ma

Affiliation Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Meir Stampfer

Affiliations Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shelley S. Tworoger

Affiliations Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David J. Hunter

Affiliations Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carlos A. Camargo Jr

Affiliations Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew T. Parsa

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Collection of specimens in this study, including funding: JMG JM MS SST DJH CAC. Selection of genes and SNPs to include in the analysis: FCFC MES. Manuscript editing: DMB DGC MS SST CAC ATP. Conceived and designed the experiments: DSM ATP. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: DSM AS DGC. Wrote the paper: DSM.