About the Authors
- Ehimen C. Aneni
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Affiliation Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America
- Lara L. Roberson
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Affiliation Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America
- Wasim Maziak
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Arthur S. Agatston
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Affiliation Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America
- Theodore Feldman
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Affiliation Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America
- Maribeth Rouseff
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Affiliation Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Thinh H. Tran
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Affiliation Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Roger S. Blumenthal
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Affiliation The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Michael J. Blaha
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Affiliation The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Ron Blankstein
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Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mouaz H. Al-Mallah
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Affiliation King Abdul Aziz Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Matthew J. Budoff
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Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, United States of America
- Khurram Nasir
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* E-mail: 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.