About the Authors

Jennifer E. Lutomski

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

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Bianca W. M. Schalk

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Han Boter

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands

Bianca M. Buurman

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Wendy P. J. den Elzen

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Aaltje P. D. Jansen

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

Affiliation CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

Bas Steunenberg

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Ewout W. Steyerberg

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

René J. F. Melis

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

on behalf of TOPICS-MDS Consortium

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.