1Health Sciences Center, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
3Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
4The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
6Digestive Health Associates of Texas, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
7Division of Gastroenterology at Cedars-Sinai, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
8Department of Gastroenterology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA
9Leeds Gastroenterology Institute, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
10Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Correspondence: Paul Moayyedi, Health Sciences Center, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5. E-mail: [email protected]
Received 28 February 2014; accepted 03 June 2014
Guarantor of the article: Paul Moayyedi, BSc, MB, ChB, PhD, MPH, FRCP, FRCPC, AGAF, FACG.
Specific author contributions: P.M., E.M.M.Q., B.E.L., A.J.L., Y.A.S., L.R.S., E.E.S., B.M.R.S., and A.C.F. conceived the study. P.M. and A.C.F. collected all data. P.M. and A.C.F. analyzed and interpreted the data. P.M. drafted the manuscript. All authors commented on drafts of the paper. All authors have approved the final draft of the manuscript.
Financial support: This study was supported by the American College of Gastroenterology.
Potential competing interests: None.
