*Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
†Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
‡Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
§Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute
∥Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
¶Texas Liver Institute, San Antonio, TX
I.D.: interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, approved final submission. D.I., K.D.W., G.R.: critical revision of the manuscript, approved final submission. R.L.: statistical analysis, critical revision of the manuscript, approved final submission. N.A.: study concept and design, data analysis and interpretation, drafting of the manuscript, critical revision of the manuscript, approved final submission.
The authors declare that they have nothing to disclose.
Address correspondence to: Naim Alkhouri, MD, Metabolic Center, Texas Liver Institute, 607 Camden Street, San Antonio, TX, 78215 (e-mail: [email protected]).