Appiah, Duke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5128-9295
Schreiner, Pamela J.
Selvin, Elizabeth
Demerath, Ellen W.
Pankow, James S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HHSN268201700001I, HHSN268201700002I, HHSN268201700003I, HHSN268201700005I, HHSN268201700004I, T32HL007779, K24DK106414, R01DK089174)
Article History
Received: 12 January 2019
Accepted: 19 February 2019
First Online: 19 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
: The data collection protocols approved by the Institutional Review Boards of each participating ARIC study center (the Universities of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Mississippi, Minnesota, and John Hopkins University) and the coordinating center (North Carolina-Chapel Hill), and the research was conducted in accordance with the principles described in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All participants provided written informed consent for the ARIC study.