Departments of *Medicine
†Gastroenterology
‡Transplant Hepatology, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center
Departments of §Medicine
∥Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
¶Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research, Pasadena, CA
B.T.Y., A.K.S.: study concept and design. B.T.Y., N.L.L.: acquisition of data. B.T.Y., N.L.L., J.K.: analysis and interpretation of data. B.T.Y.: drafting of the manuscript. B.T.Y., A.K.S., S.H., S.S., G.C.: critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. J.K., B.T.Y.: statistical analysis. B.T.Y., A.K.S., S.S.: administrative, technical or material support, study supervision.
S.H. is on the speakers bureau, is a consultant, and received a research grant not pertaining to this project from Gilead Sciences. The remaining authors declare that they have nothing to disclose.
Address correspondence to: Beshoy T. Yanny, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center, 1526 Edgemont Ave., 7th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025 (e-mail: [email protected]a.edu).
