El-Khatib, Mohamad
HajAli, Thuraya
Zeeni, Carine
Khalili, Amro
Shreim, Rasha
Mathis, Michael R.
Nafeh, Nancy Abou
Aouad, Marie
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B. Schonberger, Robert
I. Naik, Bhiken
O’Reilly-Shah, Vikas
T. Abess, Alexander
Rock, Peter
B. Domino, Karen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Blue Care Network as part of the BCBSM Value Partnerships program
Departmental and institutional resources at each contributing site
Article History
Received: 12 January 2026
Accepted: 26 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This retrospective observational cohort study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the American University of Beirut (#BIO-2024–0016), which granted a waiver of informed consent.
Consent for publication: A waiver of informed consent was obtained.
Competing interests: MRM has received research grant support from the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK, NHLBI) and from industry sponsorship (Chiesi, USA) paid to the University of Michigan, unrelated to the present work.