OK, I subscribe to a ton of medical journals and just got to this. I'm only posting it because it has to have the absolute best "competing interests" info I have ever read. Check it out!
Francesco Capuano is employed by DiaSorin S.p.a., Saluggia, Italy. Svend Ellermann-Eriksen has had minor consultant activities for DakoCytomation, Glostrup, Denmark. Eskild Petersen and Martin Tolstrup have no conflicts of interest. We have no stocks or shares in an organization which may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this manuscript. We do not hold or are currently applying for any patents relating to the content of the manuscript. We have not received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript. The authors have no non-financial competing interests (political, personal, religious, academic, ideological, intellectual, commercial or any other) to declare in relation to this manuscript.
And here you find out the Journal Editors had complaints about the study -There is ongoing disagreement between the reviewer and authors regarding the analysis of the data presented in this study. The editors have decided to publish the article with the authors' interpretation. We encourage our readers to access the prepublication history alongside this article, so that you may form your own opinions regarding the analysis and interpretation of the data. We also encourage you to use our comments system to send us your thoughts on this matter.