Koslow, Matthew http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5974-714X
Young, Jason R.
Yi, Eunhee S.
Baqir, Misbah
Decker, Paul A.
Johnson, Geoffrey B.
Ryu, Jay H.
Article History
Received: 5 June 2018
Revised: 28 July 2018
Accepted: 11 September 2018
First Online: 4 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Jay H. Ryu.
: Dr. Johnson has received research funding from Pfizer which is not relevant to this work. None of the additional co-authors have relevant disclosures.
: Mr. Paul A. Decker kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: The study was approved by the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board (IRB16-006571). According to Mayo Clinic institutional policy, patient information may be used for research purposes only with prior patient consent.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained by the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board (IRB16-006571).
: None of the study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported except for abstract presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference 2017.
: • Retrospective• Case-control study• Performed at one institution