White, Gretchen E. PhD*; Courcoulas, Anita P. MD†; King, Wendy C. PhD‡
*General and Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA;
†Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; and
‡Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
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Funding: No grant support was provided for the analysis or preparation of this report. However, the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 (LAB S-2) study was funded by the following grants: This clinical study was a cooperative agreement funded by the National institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Grant numbers: DCC -U01 DK066557; Columbia - U01-DK66667 (in collaboration with Cornell University Medical Center CTRC, Grant UL1-RR024996); University of Washington - U01-DK66568 (in collaboration with CTRC, Grant M01RR-00037); Neuropsychiatric Research Institute - U01-DK66471; East Carolina University—U01-DK66526; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—U01-DK66585 (in collaboration with CTRC, Grant UL1-RR024153); Oregon Health & Science University–U01-DK66555.
Authors have no support from any organization for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work other than the following: Dr. King reports grants from Abbott pharmaceuticals outside of the submitted work. Dr. Courcoulas reports grants from Covidien/Ethicon and Allurion outside of the submitted work. Dr. White has nothing to disclose.
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