About the Authors

Wynanda A. van Enst

w.a.vanenst@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Dutch Cochrane Centre, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Rob J. P. M. Scholten

Affiliation Dutch Cochrane Centre, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Lotty Hooft

Affiliation Dutch Cochrane Centre, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

L. Hooft is the director of the Netherlands Trial Register (NTR). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WE RS LH. Performed the experiments: WE. Analyzed the data: WE LH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WE RS LH. Wrote the paper: WE RS LH.