About the Authors

Jasmijn F. Timp

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Sigrid K. Braekkan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT–The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Willem M. Lijfering

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Astrid van Hylckama Vlieg

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

John-Bjarne Hansen

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations K. G. Jebsen Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT–The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Frits R. Rosendaal

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Saskia le Cessie

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Suzanne C. Cannegieter

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

S.C.Cannegieter@lumc.nl

Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Section Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. SCC is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine.