Kiang, Tony K. L.
Partovi, Nilufar
Shapiro, R. Jean
Berman, Jacob M.
Collier, Abby C.
Ensom, Mary H. H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Article History
First Online: 3 September 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This study was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (principal investigator: Mary H.H. Ensom) and the 2015 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Team Grant Award (principal investigator: Tony K.L. Kiang). No editorial assistance was received for the preparation of this article.
: Nilufar Partovi, R. Jean Shapiro, Jacob M. Berman, and Abby Collier report no conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article. Tony K.L. Kiang and Mary H.H. Ensom held grant supports as detailed above (which did not pose a conflict 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 approval were obtained from the University of British Columbia Clinical Research Ethics Board and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, respectively.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Original data can be made available upon request to the corresponding author.