About the Authors

Joel G. Ray

rayj@smh.ca

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Donald A. Redelmeier

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Marcelo L. Urquia

Affiliation Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Astrid Guttmann

Affiliation Departments of Paediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, The Hospital for Sick Children, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sarah D. McDonald

Affiliation Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Diagnostic Imaging and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Marian J. Vermeulen

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGR DAR MLU MJV. Performed the experiments: JGR MJV. Analyzed the data: JGR DAR MLU MJV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGR MJV. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JGR DAR MLU AG SDM MJV.