O’Connor, Áine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8903-4092
Taylor, Katrina S. Edmond https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1032-0585
De La Garza, Liliana
Andrade, D. Carolina https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0279-1064
Salvo, Deborah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9726-0882
Howell, Carrie R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-6237
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (5P30K020541)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK092950)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK079626)
Article History
Received: 5 November 2025
Revised: 30 December 2025
Accepted: 31 January 2026
First Online: 7 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by Institutional Review Boards at Washington University in St. Louis (IRB ID #202207093 and #202207153) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (IRB ID #300009720 and #300010029) as exempt research.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no competing interests to disclose.