Footnotes

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• Contributors Writing—original draft: MRS and MHM. Writing—review and editing: RAM, LL, RLM, YF-Y, PD, SS and MHM.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests The authors declare no financial conflicts of interest. MRS, RAM, RLM, YF-Y, PD, SS and MHM are members of the US GRADE Network. MRS is a fellow of the Evidence Foundation and receives a direct stipend. All other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.