Rong, Yan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-6958
Mayo, Patrick http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6350-5258
Ensom, Mary H. H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7802-0939
Kiang, Tony K. L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4548-9746
Funding for this research was provided by:
F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Article History
First Online: 4 May 2019
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).
: Yan Rong and Patrick Mayo have no conflicts of interest that are directly related to the content of this article. Tony K. L. Kiang and Mary H. H. Ensom received grants as detailed above (which were not in 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 approvals were obtained from both the University of British Columbia and University of Alberta Clinical Research Ethics Boards and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
: 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.