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Corresponding author: Terri Main, tmarin@augusta.edu
TM composed the initial draft of this manuscript and revised accordingly after receiving input from all co-authors.
TM was a major participant in research project design for NIRS data collection, analysis and interpretation.
RM made substantial contributions to research project conception and design, had major contributions to manuscript development and finalization, and gave approval of final manuscript.
JDR made substantial contributions to research project design, preliminary data acquisition and analysis, drafting methods portion related to metabolomics and gave approval of final manuscript.
SRS made substantial contributions to research project design, preliminary data acquisition and analysis, drafting methods portion related to metabolomics and gave approval of final manuscript.
YG made substantial contributions to statistical analysis including software development, power analysis, and development of statistical methods portion of manuscript.
YG gave approval of final manuscript.
KE made substantial contributions to statistical analysis including software development, sample size and power estimates, and development of statistical methods portion of manuscript.
KE gave approval of final manuscript.
MW has major responsibility for data acquisition, data management, and participant consent.
She authored the data management portion of the final manuscript.
JS has major responsibility for data acquisition, data management, and participant consent.
She assisted with authoring data management and quality control section of the final manuscript.
CDJ made substantial contributions to research project conception and design relative to red blood cell characteristics to be analyzed, how irradiation storage time may affect these changes and how it will be measured.
CDJ will be accountable and oversee all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
CDJ had major contributions to manuscript development and finalization, and gave approval of final manuscript.
All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Our funding sponsors had no involvement in the study design, collection, interpretation or data analysis, writing of this report or decision for publication submission.
Dr. Marin is an educational consultant for Medtronic, Inc. Academic Affairs in which she educates clinical staff of proper bedside use of near-infrared spectroscopy technology. No other authors have any competing interests to disclose.
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The study described is supported by funding received from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute PO1 grant [2PO1 HL086773].
We have received expedited approved under CFR.46.110 and/or 21CFR 56.110 by the Institutional Review Board of Emory University IRB00083691 to recruit participants for this study.
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