1 Center for Outcomes Research in Liver Diseases, Washington, DC.
2 Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
3 Liver Transplant Center, and Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
4 Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Health Systems, Falls Church, VA.
5 Center for Liver Diseases and Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA.
6 Inova Medicine, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA.
Received 19 December 2020. Revision received 11 June 2021.
Accepted 14 June 2021.
S.A.A. prepared the first draft of the manuscript; M.S. collected the data and ran statistical analysis; K.W.K., I.Y., and A.M. reviewed and edited the manuscript for important scientific content; Z.Y. supervised the study, obtained funding, and reviewed the manuscript for important scientific content.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The study was partially supported by Beatty Liver and Obesity Research Fund.
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Correspondence: Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Claude Moore Health Education and Research Bldg, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, 3300 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042. ([email protected]).
