About the Authors
- Jiang Gui
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Affiliations Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America, Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Departments of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Jason H. Moore
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* E-mail: jason.h.moore@dartmouth.edu
Affiliations Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America, Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Departments of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Scott M. Williams
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Affiliations Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Peter Andrews
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Affiliation Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Hans L. Hillege
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Pim van der Harst
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Gerjan Navis
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Wiek H. Van Gilst
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Folkert W. Asselbergs
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Diane Gilbert-Diamond
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Affiliations Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America, Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Departments of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JHM. Wrote the paper: JG. Analyzed the simulated data and real data: JG. Edited the discussion section of the manuscript: JHM FWA. Contributed materials and edited the simulation section: SMW. Developed a Java version of the proposed method, analyzed the simulation data: PA. Contributed materials in real data: HLH PvdH GN WHVG FWA. Edited the Introduction, simulation, and results sections of the manuscript: DG-D.