About the Authors

Rohini Mehta

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America

Gladys Shaw

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Center for the Study of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Peter Masschelin

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for the Study of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Sean Felix

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America

Munkzhul Otgonsuren

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America

Ancha Baranova

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Center for the Study of Chronic Metabolic Diseases, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Zachary Goodman

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America

Zobair Younossi

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Zobair.younossi@inova.org

Affiliations Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.