Colantonio, Lisandro D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8742-1788
Deng, Luqin
Chen, Ligong
Farkouh, Michael E.
Monda, Keri L.
Harrison, David J.
Maya, Juan F.
Kilgore, Meredith L.
Muntner, Paul
Rosenson, Robert S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amgen (NA)
Article History
First Online: 16 November 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: KLM, DJH, and JFM are employed by and stockholders of Amgen. PM receives research support from Amgen. MEF and MLK receive research support from Amgen. RSR receives research support from Akcea, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Medicines Company, and Regeneron; is an Advisory Board member/consultant for C5, CVS Caremark, Regeneron, and Sanofi; receives honoraria from Akcea, Amgen, Kowa, and Pfizer; is a stockholder of MediMergent; and receives royalties from UpToDate. LDC, LD, and LC have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in the current student were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The Institutional Review Board at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the study.
: This is a retrospective cohort study and formal consent was not required.