About the Authors

Tetsuro Miyazaki

tetsuro@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stephanie Chiuve

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Frank M. Sacks

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul M. Ridker

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peter Libby

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Masanori Aikawa

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Masanori Aikawa serves as a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This study was supported in part by grants from Perseus Proteomics. The remaining authors report no conflicts. This does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA. Performed the experiments: TM FMS PMR. Analyzed the data: TM SC MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL MA. Wrote the paper: TM MA.