About the Authors
- Rong Chu
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* E-mail: chur@mcmaster.ca
Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Stephen D. Walter
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Gordon Guyatt
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- P. J. Devereaux
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Michael Walsh
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Kristian Thorlund
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Lehana Thabane
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, The Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RC SDW GG PJD MW KT LT. Performed the experiments: RC. Analyzed the data: RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC LT. Wrote the paper: RC SDW GG PJD MW KT LT. Interpretation of results: RC SDW GG PJD MW KT LT.