About the Authors

Jason Weatherald

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Chuan Wen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Provincial Research Data Services, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Strategy for Patient Oriented Research Unit (ASPORU), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Heather Sharpe

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Medicine Strategic Clinical Network – Respiratory Health Section, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Winnie M. Leung

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Paul E. Ronksley

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Jeffrey A. Bakal

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Provincial Research Data Services, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Strategy for Patient Oriented Research Unit (ASPORU), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michael K. Stickland

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Medicine Strategic Clinical Network – Respiratory Health Section, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Douglas P. Gross

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Grace Y. Lam

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

glam@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

GYL has received research funding to her institution from Roche Diagnostics, Alberta Lung and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and has received honoraria for educational activities from Boehringer Ingelheim, Alberta Lung, and Canadian Thoracic Society/Respiplus. JW has received research grants or contracts to his institution from CIHR, as well as from Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Janssen, and Merck; consulting fees from Janssen and Merck; honoraria from Janssen and Merck; payment for expert testimony from Sprigings Intellectual Property Law; travel support from Janssen; and has received fees for participation on advisory boards from Janssen, Acceleron, and Merck. MPS has received research funding to their institution from CIHR, Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Counsel of Canada (NSERC) and the University Hospital Foundation. PER has received research funding to his institution from CIHR. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.