About the Authors

Isabella Zwiener

zwieneri@uni-mainz.de

Affiliations Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Barbara Frisch

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Harald Binder

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: IZ BF. Wrote the paper: IZ HB. Conception and design of the work: IZ HB. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content: IZ BF HB. Final approval of the version to be published: IZ BF HB.