Massouh, Nour
Jaffa, Ayad A.
Jaffa, Miran A.
Article History
Received: 17 December 2023
Accepted: 26 March 2024
First Online: 29 April 2024
Declarations
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: Participants in the BRFSS provided informed consent, and their privacy was protected since all information available for analysis by the CDC was de-identified []. BRFSS does not meet the requirements of human subjects research as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, since data was collected through telephone surveys and has no individually identifiable information. CDC abided by the rules, regulations, and legislative authorizations while carrying out collection and release of data and information.Secondary analysis used in this study is exempted from IRB submission and approval at the American University of Beirut due to the use of fully de-identified public access data (BRFSS) whereby the privacy of all participants was fully maintained. BRFSS Data and all its related documentations are available for download on the CDC website: .The research presented in this manuscript does not contain any experiments on humans and/or the use of human tissue samples.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.