Villegas-Downs, Michelle
Gao, Ziyi
Jia, Huizhu
Han, Aiguo
McFarlin, Barbara L.
O’Brien, William D. Jr.
Simpson, Douglas G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0500-9675
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R01HD089935, R01HD089935, R01HD089935, R01HD089935, R01HD089935)
National Institute of Nursing Research (F31NR019716, F31NR019716, F31NR019716, F31NR019716, F31NR019716)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NIH UL1TR002003, NIH UL1TR002003, NIH UL1TR002003, NIH UL1TR002003)
Article History
Received: 5 June 2025
Accepted: 11 November 2025
First Online: 19 November 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board at the University of Illinois, Chicago [Protocol #2016 − 0688]. All procedures performed in this prospective study involving human subjects were conducted in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.