1 Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Methodology (CCEM), Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
2 Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
3 Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONCanada.
4 Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
5 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
6 School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
7 Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
8 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
9 Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.