About the Authors

Ahmed Kotb

akotb@ottawaheart.ca

Affiliation University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Chris Cameron

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada

Shuching Hsieh

Affiliation University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

George Wells

Affiliations University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: AK CC GW. Wrote the paper: AK GW. Conception and design: AK GW. Interpretation of the data: AK CC GW. Drafting of the article: AK GW. Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: AK CC SH GW. Final approval of the article: AK CC SH GW. Statistical expertise: AK CC GW. Collection and assembly of data: AK SH.