About the Authors

Javier de Miguel-Díez

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Pneumology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Julio Hernández-Vázquez

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain

Ana López-de-Andrés

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ana.lopez@urjc.es

Affiliation Preventive Medicine and Public Health Teaching and Research Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

Alejandro Álvaro-Meca

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Preventive Medicine and Public Health Teaching and Research Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

Valentín Hernández-Barrera

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Preventive Medicine and Public Health Teaching and Research Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

Rodrigo Jiménez-García

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Preventive Medicine and Public Health Teaching and Research Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

This study was funded in part by Menarini. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the author’s adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.