Ma, Qinli http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2197-0087
Shambhu, Sonali
Arterburn, David E.
McTigue, Kathleen M.
Haynes, Kevin
Article History
Received: 13 January 2021
Revised: 2 April 2021
Accepted: 7 April 2021
First Online: 20 April 2021
Declarations
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: 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 study was conducted in full compliance with relevant provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Researchers had access to only a limited dataset that contained no patient identifiers and no patients were contacted directly.
: This is a retrospective observational study, and for this type of study, formal consent is not required.
: Dr. Arterburn and Dr. McTigue both participated in the bariatric study funded by PCORI: an initiative funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (grant OBS-1505-30683). For the remaining authors, no conflicts of interest were declared.