About the Authors

Rui Xia

rui.xia1@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Selina Vattathil

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Human & Molecular Genetics Program, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Paul Scheet

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Human & Molecular Genetics Program, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RX PS. Performed the experiments: RX. Analyzed the data: RX PS SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RX PS SV.