Lopez-Pentecost, Melissa
Crane, Tracy E.
Garcia, David O.
Kohler, Lindsay N.
Wertheim, Betsy C.
Hebert, James R.
Steck, Susan E.
Shivappa, Nitin
Santiago-Torres, Margarita
Neuhouser, Marian L.
Hatsu, Irene E.
Snetselaar, Linda
Datta, Mridul
Kroenke, Candyce H.
Sarto, Gloria E.
Thomson, Cynthia A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cancer Institute (3RO1CA186700-03W1)
Article History
Received: 29 April 2020
Accepted: 7 June 2020
First Online: 14 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved study protocols at every Women’s Health Initiative site. All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrolling in the study.
: Authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.
: Dr. James R. Hébert owns controlling interest in Connecting Health Innovations LLC (CHI), a company that has licensed the right to his invention of the Dietary Inflammatory Index (E-DII™) from the University of South Carolina in order to develop computer and smart phone applications for patient counselling and dietary intervention in clinical settings. Dr. Nitin Shivappa is an employee of CHI. The subject matter of this paper will not have any direct bearing on that work, nor has that activity exerted any influence on this project.