About the Authors

Xiaoyan Li

Roles Writing – original draft

shawn.li@bms.com

Affiliation Worldwide Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

Allison Keshishian

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation STATinMED Research, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Melissa Hamilton

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Worldwide Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

Ruslan Horblyuk

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Formerly of Pfizer, New York, NY, United States of America

Kiran Gupta

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation US Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

Xuemei Luo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT, United States of America

Jack Mardekian

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY, United States of America

Keith Friend

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Worldwide Medical, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

Anagha Nadkarni

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation US Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

Xianying Pan

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Observational Research and Data Science, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Wallingford, CT, United States of America

Gregory Y. H. Lip

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

‡ Joint Senior Authors

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK, Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Steve Deitelzweig

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

‡ Joint Senior Authors

Affiliation Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Department of Hospital Medicine, New Orleans, LA, and The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA, United States of America

Competing Interests

XL, MH, KG, KF, AN, and XP are employees of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company with ownership of stocks in Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. AK is an employee of STATinMED Research, a paid consultant to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer, Inc. in connection with conducting this study. XL and JM are employees of Pfizer Inc., with ownership of stocks in Pfizer Inc. RH is a former employee of Pfizer Inc., with ownership of stocks in Pfizer Inc. SD is a consultant for Bayer/Janssen, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company/Pfizer Inc., Daiichi-Sankyo, Portola, and Boehringer Ingelheim, and has been on the speakers’ bureau for Janssen, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company/Pfizer Inc., and Boehringer Ingelheim. GYHL has served as a consultant for Bayer/Janssen, Merck, Sanofi, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company/Pfizer Inc., Daiichi-Sankyo, Biotronik, Medtronic, Portola, and Boehringer Ingelheim, and has been on the speakers’ bureau for Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company/Pfizer Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, and Medtronic. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.