About the Authors

Ehimen C. Aneni

Affiliation Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America

Lara L. Roberson

Affiliation Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America

Wasim Maziak

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Arthur S. Agatston

Affiliation Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America

Theodore Feldman

Affiliation Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America

Maribeth Rouseff

Affiliation Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Thinh H. Tran

Affiliation Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Roger S. Blumenthal

Affiliation The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael J. Blaha

Affiliation The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ron Blankstein

Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mouaz H. Al-Mallah

Affiliation King Abdul Aziz Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Matthew J. Budoff

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, United States of America

Khurram Nasir

KhurramN@baptisthealth.net

Affiliations Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America, The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ECA KN. Performed the experiments: ECA LLR KN. Analyzed the data: ECA LLR KN. Wrote the paper: ECA LLR WM KN. Reviewed the manuscript for content and scientific accuracy: ECA KN LLR WM ASA TF MR THT RSB M. Blaha RB MHA M. Budoff.