The patients who went to Gastroenterology Atlanta were briefed on confidentiality of their data. They filled in forms with questions about their clinical risk factors. They were de-identified and their clinical data was sent to the Jordan Lab, while their buccal samples were sent to Tempus Labs.
The Jordan Lab received the micro-array genotyped data for 15 samples from Tempus Labs (VCF files). The team also received the clinical data for 24 samples from Gastroenterology Atlanta.