*Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Program, Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
†Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine
Departments of ‡Medicine, Section of Health Services Research
∥Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Medical Center
§Hepatitis C Clinic, Section of Infectious Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX
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Supported in part by a VA Clinical Research and Development Merit Review Award (H-22934, PI: H.B.E.-S.), the NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K24 DK081736-01, K01 DK078154-03, PIs, El-Serag and White, respectively), Texas Medical Center Digestive Disease Center (P30 DK56338), and the Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence.
The US Department of Veteran Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease played no role in design, implementation, analysis, interpretation or decision to report these results.
The authors declare that they have nothing to disclose.
Reprints: Donna L. White, PhD, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd. (MS 152) Houston, TX 77030 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Received March 23, 2012
Accepted June 27, 2012
