Perez-Alday, Erick A.
Bender, Aron
German, David
Mukundan, Srini V.
Hamilton, Christopher
Thomas, Jason A.
Li-Pershing, Yin
Tereshchenko, Larisa G. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6976-1313
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL118277)
Article History
Received: 7 June 2019
Accepted: 23 October 2019
First Online: 14 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Oregon Health & Science University and the Johns Hopkins University Institutional Review boards (IRB). The ARIC study protocol was approved by the IRB at all participating institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill IRB, Johns Hopkins University IRB, University of Mississippi Medical Center IRB, and University of Minnesota IRB. All participants signed informed consent before entering the study. The study protocol conforms to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.