About the Authors

Sunil K. Agarwal

sunilagarwal@jhu.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alvaro Alonso

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Seamus P. Whelton

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Elsayed Z. Soliman

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention EpiCare, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Kathryn M. Rose

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Alanna M. Chamberlain

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ross J. Simpson Jr

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Josef Coresh

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Gerardo Heiss

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKA AA GH. Analyzed the data: SKA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKA JC. Wrote the paper: SKA AA SPW EZS KMR AMC RJS JC GH.