About the Authors
- Kristian Thorlund
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* E-mail: thorluk@mcmaster.ca
Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Department 3344, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Georgina Imberger
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Affiliation Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Department 3344, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Michael Walsh
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
- Rong Chu
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
- Christian Gluud
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Affiliation Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Department 3344, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Jørn Wetterslev
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Affiliation Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Department 3344, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Gordon Guyatt
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
- Philip J. Devereaux
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Public Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Lehana Thabane
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: CG is an associate editor of PLoS One. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KT GI MW RC CG JW GG PD LT. Performed the experiments: KT. Analyzed the data: KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT. Wrote the paper: KT GI MW RC CG JW GG PD LT. Interpretation of results: KT GI MW RC CG JW GG PD LT.