About the Authors
- Jennifer E. Lutomski
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* E-mail: j.lutomski@ger.umcn.nl
Affiliations Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, Anu Research Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Maria A. E. Baars
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Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Bianca W. M. Schalk
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Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Han Boter
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands
- Bianca M. Buurman
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Wendy P. J. den Elzen
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Aaltje P. D. Jansen
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine/EMGO + Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen
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Affiliation CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Bas Steunenberg
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Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Ewout W. Steyerberg
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
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Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- René J. F. Melis
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Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- on behalf of TOPICS-MDS Consortium
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¶¶ Membership of TOPICS-MDS Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments
Competing Interests
EWS is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member and receives royalties from Springer for his textbook, entitled Clinical Prediction Models. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RJFM MGMO MAEB. Analyzed the data: JEL. Wrote the manuscript: JEL MAEB BWMS HB BMB WPJE APDJ GIJMK BS EWS MGMO RJFM. Contributed to critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: MAEB BWMS HB BMB WPJE APDJ GIJMK BS EWS MGMO RJFM.