Lager, Corey J.
Esfandiari, Nazanene H.
Luo, Yingying
Subauste, Angela R.
Kraftson, Andrew T.
Brown, Morton B.
Varban, Oliver A.
Meral, Rasimcan
Cassidy, Ruth B.
Nay, Catherine K.
Lockwood, Amy L.
Bellers, Darlene
Buda, Colleen M.
Oral, Elif A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9171-1144
Funding for this research was provided by:
Parker Family Foundation
Article History
First Online: 16 June 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Dr. Kraftson is a clinical investigator for a study sponsored by Nestle. Dr. Varban receives salary support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for leading quality improvement efforts within the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. Dr. Oral has received grant support from Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Akcea Therapeutics, Gemphire, GI Dynamics, and AstraZeneca; has been a consultant or advisor for AstraZeneca, BMS, TheraTherapeutics, Regeneron, and Aegerion; and has received drug or other nonmaterial support from Aegerion Pharamaceuticals, Akcea Therapeutics, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, and Boehringer Ingelheim. All other authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were 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.
: This retrospective data analysis is exempt from informed consent. Our study was approved by the IRB prior to any data collection.