About the Authors

Steven N. Hart

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Vivekananda Sarangi

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Raymond Moore

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Saurabh Baheti

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jaysheel D. Bhavsar

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Fergus J. Couch

Affiliation Division of Experimental Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jean-Pierre A. Kocher

kocher.jeanpierre@mayo.edu

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SNH JPK. Performed the experiments: SNH VS RM SB JDB. Analyzed the data: SNH SB JPK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJC. Wrote the manuscript: SNH JPK.