About the Authors

Andre C. Kalil

akalil@unmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Junfeng Sun

Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK JS. Performed the experiments: AK JS. Analyzed the data: AK JS. Wrote the paper: AK JS. Other: Enrolled patients: AK.