Author contributions
JP
The concept of this post-hoc analysis was designed by CS, DKH (the sponsor of the trial), JP, ZYL and AGD (the study statistician) in consultation with the EFFORT Protein Trial Steering Committee. AGD supervised XJ, who conducted the analysis. CS, JP, AZ, ZYL, TWR, BM, RW, MHMC, PCKL, KME, PMy, ET, LOR, XJ, AD, MSH, PM, LK and DKH developed the methods. CS, JP, AZ, ZYL, TWR, BM, RW, MHMC, PCKL, KME, PMy, ET, LOR, XJ, AD, MSH, PM, LK and DKH collected the data. AGD and XJ accessed and verified all data analysis and produced the manuscript figures and tables. CS, ZYL, JP and DKH wrote the original draft of the paper. CS, JP, AZ, ZYL, TWR, BM, RW, MHMC, PCKL, KME, PMy, ET, LOR, XJ, AD, MSH, PM, LK and DKH reviewed and edited the drafts of the paper. All authors had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication. Collectively, the Steering Committee vouches for the data, the analysis, and the decision to publish the data.