Akinyemiju, Tomi
Moore, Justin Xavier
Judd, Suzanne
Lakoski, Susan
Goodman, Michael
Safford, Monika M.
Pisu, Maria
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for nursing research (R01-NR012726)
National Center for Research Resources
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Center for Clinical and Translational science
National Cancer institute (R25Ca47888)
National Cancer Institute (K01TW010271)
Article History
Received: 4 June 2016
Accepted: 21 November 2017
First Online: 15 December 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The institutional review board of all participating universities approved the study and all participants provided written informed consent. A list of ethics committees and associated institutions for REGARDS are included as a supplemental file.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Safford reports the following potential conflicts of interest: Amgen - salary support to study patterns of statin use in Medicare and other large databases; diaDexus - salary support for a research grant on lipids and CHD outcomes; diaDexus - consulting to help with FDA application; NIH, AHRQ - salary support for research grants. Dr. Akinyemiju, Dr. Moore, Dr. Judd, Dr. Lakoski, Dr. Goodman, and Dr. Pisu do not report any related conflicts of interest.
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