About the Authors

Binod Neupane

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Joseph Beyene

beyene@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BN JB. Performed the experiments: BN. Analyzed the data: BN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BN JB. Wrote the paper: BN.