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Authors
Rong, Yan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-6958
Mayo, Patrick https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6350-5258
Ensom, Mary H. H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7802-0939
Kiang, Tony K. L. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4548-9746
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
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First Online: 30 October 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This study was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, (principal investigator: Dr. Mary HH Ensom) and the 2015 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Team Grant Award (principal investigator: Dr. Tony KL Kiang). No editorial assistance was received for the preparation of this manuscript.
: Yan Rong and Patrick Mayo do not report conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article. Tony KL Kiang and Mary HH Ensom held grant supports as detailed above (which were not in conflicts of interest with this article) and do not report any other conflicts of interest.
: All procedures in this study were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration (and its amendments). Ethics and operation approvals were obtained from both the University of British Columbia and University of Alberta Clinical Research Ethics Board and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
: Written informed consents were obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
