Zuercher, Monica D.
Harvey, Danielle J.
Santiago-Torres, Margarita
Au, Lauren E.
Shivappa, Nitin
Shadyab, Aladdin H.
Allison, Matthew
Snetselaar, Linda
Liu, Buyun
Robbins, John A.
Hébert, James R.
Garcia, Lorena
Article History
Received: 2 September 2022
Accepted: 6 January 2023
First Online: 12 January 2023
Declarations
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: The WHI project was reviewed and approved by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) IRB in accordance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations at 45 CFR 46 (approval number: IR# 3467-EXT). Participants provided written informed consent to participate. Additional consent to review medical records was obtained through signed written consent. Fred Hutch has an approved FWA on file with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) under assurance number 0001920.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. James R. Hébert owns controlling interest in Connecting Health Innovations LLC (CHI), a company that has licensed the right to his invention of the dietary inflammatory index (DII®) from the University of South Carolina in order to develop computer and smart phone applications for patient counseling and dietary intervention in clinical settings. Dr. Nitin Shivappa is an employee of CHI. The subject matter of this paper will not have any direct bearing on that work, nor has that activity exerted any influence on this project. The other authors have nothing to disclose.