About the Authors

Ralph E. Schmidt

Affiliation Department of psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Stephane Cullati

Affiliation Quality of Care Unit, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Elizabeth Mostofsky

Affiliations Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Guy Haller

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Thomas Agoritsas

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Murray A. Mittleman

Affiliations Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas V. Perneger

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Delphine S. Courvoisier

Delphine.courvoisier1@gmail.com

Affiliations Quality of Care Unit, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC SC TP TA RS GH. Performed the experiments: DC SC TP TA GH. Analyzed the data: DC SC TP EM MM. Wrote the paper: RS SC EM GH TA MM TP DC.