About the Authors

Michael Sey

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

msey2@uwo.ca

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Program for Experimental Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada

Brian Yan

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Cassandra McDonald

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada

Dan Segal

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Niagara Health System, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Joshua Friedland

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Klajdi Puka

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Vipul Jairath

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Program for Experimental Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Dr. Michael Sey has received arms-length research grants from Pharmascience Inc and educational funding from Medtronic. Cassandra McDonald, Klajdi Puka, Drs. Yan and Friedland have no competing interests. Dr. Dan Segal has received consulting fees from AbbVie and Takeda. Dr. Vipul Jairath has received consulting fees from AbbVie, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Arena pharmaceuticals, BMS, Genentech, Pendopharm, Sandoz, Pfizer, Merck, Takeda, Janssen, Alimentiv Inc., Topivert, Celltrion, Applied Strategic, Sublimity Therapeutics, F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, Sigmatic Ltd.,; speaker’s fees from Takeda, Janssen, Ferring, Abbvie, Pfizer. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.