About the Authors
- Natalia Muehlemann
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: natalia.muehlemann@nestle.com
Affiliation Nestlé Health Science, Epalinges, Switzerland
- Baptiste Jouaneton
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation HEVA; Lyon, France
- Lucie de Léotoing
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation HEVA; Lyon, France
- Jean-Jacques Chalé
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Finance Department, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
- Jérôme Fernandes
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Groupe OC Santé, Montpellier, France
- Georg Kägi
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Hakan Sarikaya
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- Marcel Arnold
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
Competing Interests
N. M. is a full-time employee of Nestle Health Science, Nestec S.A. B. J. and L. L. are employees of HEVA, Lyon, a contract research organisation, which received funding from Nestlé Health Science for the conduct of this study. J-J. C. provided a free contribution to this study. J. F. has received consultancy fees from HEVA in the context of this study. M. A. received speaker honoraria from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Covidien; scientific advisory board honoraria from Amgen, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS, Pfizer, Covidien, Daichy Sankyo and Nestlé Health Science, and research grants from the Swiss Heart Foundation and the Swiss National Science Foundation. G.K. received speaker honoraria from Zambon; scientific advisory board honoraria from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daichy Sankyo, Nestlé Health Science, Zambon and research grants from the Swiss Heart Foundation, Swiss Parkinson Association and the Swiss National Science Foundation. H.S. declares no conflict of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.