About the Authors

Birzhan Akynkozhayev

Contributed equally to this work with: Birzhan Akynkozhayev, Keith Humphreys, Mark Clements

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

birzhan.akynkozhayev@ki.se

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Benjamin Christoffersen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Anna Lantz

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Urology, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

Tobias Nordström

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyds Sjukhus, Stockholm, Sweden

Keith Humphreys

Contributed equally to this work with: Birzhan Akynkozhayev, Keith Humphreys, Mark Clements

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Mark Clements

Contributed equally to this work with: Birzhan Akynkozhayev, Keith Humphreys, Mark Clements

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr Nordström reported owning shares in A3P Biomedical. No other disclosures were reported. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.