About the Authors

Mohammed A. Mohammed

m.a.mohammed@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Gavin Rudge

Affiliation Unit of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Duncan Watson

Affiliation University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom

Gordon Wood

Affiliation George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Gary B. Smith

Affiliation Centre of Postgraduate Medical Research and Education, School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

David R. Prytherch

Affiliations Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Centre for Healthcare Modelling, School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Alan Girling

Affiliation Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Andrew Stevens

Affiliation Unit of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM GBS DRP. Performed the experiments: GR MAM DRP. Analyzed the data: MAM GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GR. Wrote the paper: MAM GBS DRP AG AS GW DW. Clinical perspective provided by: GBS GW DW.