About the Authors

Louisia Starnino

Affiliations Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Lambert Busque

Affiliation Research Center, Hematology Division, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Jean-Claude Tardif

Affiliations Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada, Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Bianca D’Antono

bianca.d.antono@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Competing Interests

Pfizer invested in the establishment of the Research Chair for atherosclerosis awarded by the University of Montreal to our co-author Jean-Claude Tardif (JCT), they played no further role in his salary, nor in the development of subsequent projects, including the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the current manuscript. The specific roles of the authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. There remains no objection to sharing data and materials as per PLOS ONE policies. Furthermore, there exists no conflict of interest with CIHR and FICM, the organisms that funded the research in question.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BDA. Formal analysis: LS BDA. Funding acquisition: BDA. Investigation: BDA. Methodology: BDA LB JCT. Project administration: BDA. Resources: BDA JCT LB. Supervision: BDA. Validation: LS BDA. Visualization: LS. Writing – original draft: LS BDA. Writing – review & editing: LS BDA JCT LB.