Mendez, Israel J.
Manemann, Sheila M.
Bell, Elizabeth J.
Larson, Nicholas B.
Decker, Paul A.
Guerrero, Marco A.
Hanson, Naomi Q.
Heckbert, Susan R.
Pankow, James S.
Tsai, Michael Y.
Bielinski, Suzette J.
Article History
Received: 22 February 2021
Accepted: 1 September 2021
First Online: 14 September 2021
Declarations
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: All the participants gave written informed consent, and the MESA study protocol and its ancillary studies received approval by the appropriate ethics committees: the University of Minnesota Institutional Review Board (IRB # IRB00000438), Wake Forest University IRB (# IRB00008492), Columbia University IRB (# IRB00002973), Johns Hopkins University IRB (# 00001656), Northwestern University IRB (# IRB00005003), University of California Los Angeles IRB (# 00000172), University of Washington IRB (# IRB00005647). The study was done in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.