Novak, Vera http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9773-1966
Mantzoros, Christos S.
Novak, Peter
McGlinchey, Regina
Dai, Weiying
Lioutas, Vasileios
Buss, Stephanie
Fortier, Catherine B.
Khan, Faizan
Aponte Becerra, Laura
Ngo, Long H.
Article History
Received: 11 February 2022
Revised: 29 March 2022
Accepted: 30 March 2022
First Online: 28 April 2022
Declarations
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: V. Novak, R. McGlinchey, C. B. Fortier, W. Dai, F. Khan and Laura Aponte Becerra report no disclosures relevant to the manuscript. C.S. Mantzoros provided consultations for Coherus, Redwood City CA, AltrixBio Cambridge, MA, California Walnut Commission, Folsom, CA, Genfit, Cambridge MA, Regeneron, Westchester NY, Ansh, Webster TX, Amgen, Thousand Oaks CA, Intercept, New York, NY, Aegerion, Cambridge, MA, AltrixBio, Cambridge MA, and has provided educational services through Elsevier, New York, NY, CMHC, Baton Rouge, FL, TMIOA, Tarzana, CA (all unrelated to this project since 2015-2020). C.S. Mantzoros provided consultations for Novo Nordisk, Inc. Bagsværd, Denmark on Obesity Advisory Board, and has received grant support through BIDMC, which could be considered as related to this project given that Novo Nordisk, Inc. provided medication. L. Ngo provided consultation to the Radiological Society; to the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; to Five Island Consulting LLC, Georgetown ME; and to Vinmec Inc. Hanoi, Vietnam between 2015 and 2020. P. Novak is advisor—independent contractor for Dysimmune Diseases Foundation, Boston MA, USA. P. Novak received speaker’s honoraria from KabaFusion, Cerritos, CA, USA and Lundbeck, Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Endonovo Therapeutics, Woodland Hills, CA, USA. He obtained royalties from Oxford Press, Oxford, UK. V. Lioutas provided consultation for Qmetis, New York, NY, USA since 2020, unrelated to this project. S. Buss provided consultation for Kinto Care, Cambridge, MA, USA between 2019 and 2020, unrelated to this project.
: Ethocal state was added in section Standard protocol approvals, registrations, and patient consents. This study was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of ethical standards of the BIDMC, BWH and Harvard Medical School. The BIDMC Committee on Clinical Investigation, BWH and Harvard Catalyst CEDE reviewed and approved the study. All participants signed the informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
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