Acknowledgement
The research was supported with a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL1054950). This study is registered as a clinical trial (NCT02105571). https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02105571?term=SHIFT+truck&rank=1. The authors would like to thank Kevin Bransford, Sydney Running, Melanie Koren, Katrina Bettencourt, Jessica Sanata, Louis Moore, Kristy Luther, Noal Clemons, Emma Robson, Annie Buckmaster, Annie Cannon, Rossmary Vasquez, Diane Elliot, Nancy Perrin, and Kent Anger for their contributions to the study
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