About the Authors

Natalie McCormick

Affiliations Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Vidula Bhole

Affiliation Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Diane Lacaille

Affiliations Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Cardiovascular Committee of the CANRAD Network, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta

azubieta@arthritisresearch.ca

Affiliations Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Cardiovascular Committee of the CANRAD Network, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL JAAZ. Performed the experiments: NM VB DL JAAZ. Analyzed the data: NM VB DL JAAZ. Wrote the paper: NM VB DL JAAZ. Final approval of the version of the manuscript to be published: NM VB DL JAAZ.