Funding
The PRECONNECT study was funded by Institut de Recherches Internationales, Servier, France. Institut de Recherches Internationales, Servier, did not influence the study design or interpretation of the data, but assisted in the collection and analysis of data, and in the writing of the report. The decision to submit the article for publication was made by the authors alone and all authors, external and internal, had full access to all of the data (including statistical reports and tables) in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.