1 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada; Evidence Based Dentistry Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Sergio Livingstone Pohlhammer 943, Independencia, Santiago, Chile.
2 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.
3 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada; The Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209, USA.
4 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, 190 Elizabeth Street. R. Fraser Elliott Building, 3-805, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada.
5 Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
6 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.
7 Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada.
8 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
9 Mayo Clinic Evidence Based Practice Center, Harwick Building, Room 2-54, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
10 Epidemiology, Biostatistics und Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Hirschengraben 84, Zurich 8001, Switzerland; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, W6508, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
11 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada. Electronic address: guyatt@mcmaster.ca.