About the Authors

Einar M. H. Martinsen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

einar.martinsen@uib.no

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Tomas M. L. Eagan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Elise O. Leiten

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Ingvild Haaland

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Gunnar R. Husebø

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Kristel S. Knudsen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Christine Drengenes

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Walter Sanseverino

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sequentia Biotech SL, Barcelona, Spain

Andreu Paytuví-Gallart

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sequentia Biotech SL, Barcelona, Spain

Rune Nielsen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Einar M. H. Martinsen, Elise O. Leiten, Ingvild Haaland, Gunnar R. Husebø, Kristel S. Knudsen, and Christine Drengenes declare no conflict of interest. Walter Sanseverino and Andreu Paytuví-Gallart are employed at Sequentia Biotech SL. Rune Nielsen reports grants from the Endowment of Timber Merchant A. Delphin and Wife (The Norwegian Medical Association) and grants from GlaxoSmithKline during the conduct of the study, and grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, grants and personal fees from GlaxoSmithKline, grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, and grants from Novartis outside the submitted work. Tomas M. L. Eagan reports grants from Helse Vest (Western Norway Regional Health Authority) during the conduct of the study, and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim outside the submitted work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.