About the Authors

Andrew J. Sutton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

a.j.sutton@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation Test Evaluation Group, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Cooperative Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

John V. Lamont

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Randox Laboratories Ltd, Molecular Biology, Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

R. Mark Evans

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Kate Williamson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Declan O’Rourke

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Brian Duggan

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ulster Hospital Dundonald, South Eastern Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Gurdeep S. Sagoo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Test Evaluation Group, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Cooperative Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Cherith N. Reid

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Randox Laboratories Ltd, Molecular Biology, Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Mark W. Ruddock

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Randox Laboratories Ltd, Molecular Biology, Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Competing Interests

MWR, CNR, JL and KW are full-time employees of Randox Laboratories Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.