Acknowledgement
The author(s) meet criteria for authorship as recommended by the
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). This was an
independent, investigator-initiated study supported by Boehringer
Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI). BIPI had no role in the design,
analysis or interpretation of the results in this study; BIPI was given
the opportunity to review the manuscript for medical and scientific
accuracy as it relates to BIPI substances, as well as intellectual
property considerations.