1Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
3Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
4Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Columbia University, New York, NY
5Liver Disease Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
6Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Received 7 November 2011; Accepted 22 March 2012
Grant sponsor: American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Foundation–Sucampo–Association of Specialty Professors Designated Research Award in Geriatric Gastroenterology and by a T. Franklin Williams Scholarship Award; Grant sponsor: Atlantic Philanthropies, Inc.; Grant sponsor: John A. Hartford Foundation; Grant sponsor: Association of Specialty Professors; Grant sponsor: AGA; Grant Number: K23DK090303; Grant sponsor: UCSD Digestive Diseases Research Development Center (U.S. PHS); Grant Number: DK080506; Grant sponsor: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network; Grant sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Grant Numbers: U01DK061718 U01DK061728 U01DK061731 U01DK061732 U01DK061734 U01DK061737 U01DK061738 U01DK061730 U01DK061713; Grant sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Potential conflict of interest: Nothing to report.
The study was sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health. As per the policy of the network, the manuscript for this article was reviewed by the NIDDK before publication. The authors take complete responsibility of the data analyses and credibility of findings.
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