*Department of Medicine and Center For Liver Disease, Inova Fairfax Hospital
†Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA
‡Center for Outcomes Research in Liver Disease, Washington, DC
D.H. and P.G.: participated in the study design, helped in the interpretation of the data and to draft the manuscript. J.P.: performed the statistical analysis and helped in the interpretation of the data. A.M. and I.Y.: participated in the interpretation of the data and revised the manuscript. Z.M.Y.: conceived the study, participated substantially in its design and coordination, and helped to draft the manuscript.
This work was supported by the Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research.
Z.M.Y. is a consultant for BMS, Gilead, AbbVie, Intercept, and GSK. The remaining authors declare that they have nothing to disclose.
Address correspondence to: Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Claude Moore Health Education and Research Building, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042 (e-mail: [email protected]).