About the Authors

Rachel J. Black

rachel.black2@sa.gov.au

Current address: Rheumatology Unit, The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Affiliations Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Catherine L. Hill

Affiliations Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia

Susan Lester

Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia

William G. Dixon

Affiliations Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Health e-Research Centre, Farr Institute for Health Informatics Research, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Department of Rheumatology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

RJB was the recipient of the 2013 Ken Muirden Overseas Training Fellowship, an educational research grant jointly funded by Arthritis Australia and Roche Products Pty Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RJB WGD. Formal analysis: RJB SL. Investigation: RJB CLH. Methodology: RJB CLH SL WGD. Supervision: CLH WGD. Visualization: RJB SL. Writing – original draft: RJB. Writing – review & editing: RJB CLH SL WGD.