About the Authors

Thomas P. A. Debray

T.Debray@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, The Dutch Cochrane Centre, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Richard D. Riley

Affiliation Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, The United Kingdom

Maroeska M. Rovers

Affiliation Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboudumc Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Johannes B. Reitsma

Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, The Dutch Cochrane Centre, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Karel G. M. Moons

Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, The Dutch Cochrane Centre, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Cochrane IPD Meta-analysis Methods group

Membership of the Cochrane IPD Meta-analysis Methods group is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: TPAD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RDR MMR JBR KGMM CIPDMMG. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: TPAD RDR MMR JBR KGMM CIPDMMG.