About the Authors
- Ronac Mamtani
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* E-mail: ronac.mamtani@uphs.upenn.edu
Affiliations Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- James D. Lewis
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Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Frank I. Scott
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Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Tariq Ahmad
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Affiliation Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- David S. Goldberg
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Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jashodeep Datta
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Yu-Xiao Yang
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¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.
Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Ben Boursi
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¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.
Affiliations Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RM reports personal fees from Takeda, outside the submitted work; JDL reports personal fees from Pfizer, Merck, and AstraZeneca, and grants from Shire, Takeda, Bayer, and Nestle Health Science, outside the submitted work; FIS has received research support from Takeda, outside the submitted work; and TA reports personal fees from Roche, outside the submitted work. Pfizer, Merck, AstraZeneca, Takeda, and Bayer are manufacturers of statins. The remaining authors (DSG YXY BB JD) have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RM BB. Analyzed the data: RM JDL FIS DSG YXY BB TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDL YXY. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: RM BB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RM JDL FIS DSG YXY BB JD TA. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: RM JDL FIS DSG YXY BB JD TA. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.