About the Authors

Ondřej Májek

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Jakub Gregor

Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Nesrin Mogulkoć

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey

Katarzyna Lewandowska

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 1st Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland

Martina Šterclová

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Diseases of the First Faculty of Medicine Charles University, Thomayer University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

Veronika Müller

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Marta Hájková

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinic of Pneumology and Phthisiology, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

Mordechai R. Kramer

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel

Jasna Tekavec-Trkanjec

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Department, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia

Dragana Jovanović

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Internal Medicine Clinic Akta Medica, Belgrade, Serbia

Michael Studnicka

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Paracelsus Medical University, SALK, Salzburg, Austria

Natalia Stoeva

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Department, Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

Klaus-Uwe Kirchgässler

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation F. Hofmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland

Simona Littnerová

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Ladislav Dušek

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Martina Koziar Vašáková

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

martina.koziarvasakova@ftn.cz

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Diseases of the First Faculty of Medicine Charles University, Thomayer University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

Dr. Kirchgässler is an employee of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Dr. Lewandowska reports grants, personal fees and non-financial support from F. Hofmann-La Roche, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr. Müller received grants and personal fees from Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr. Stoeva reports and received fees from Boehringer Ingelheim for participation in advisory boards and from Roche for presentations. Dr. Studnicka reports grants and personal fees from Boehringer-Ingelheim, grants and personal fees from Roche, during the conduct of the study. Dr. Tekavec-Trkanjec reports personal fees from Roche, personal fees and other from Boehringer Ingelheim. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.