About the Authors

Masoumeh Sadeghi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Marjan Jamalian

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Hypertension Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Kamran Mehrabani-Zeinabad

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Pediatric Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Karam Turk-Adawi

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, QU-Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Jacek Kopec

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada

Wael AlMahmeed

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hanan F. Abdul Rahim

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Hasan Ali Farhan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Scientific Council of Cardiology, Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations. Baghdad Heart Center, Baghdad, Iraq

Wagida Anwar

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Community Medicine Department, Ain Shams University, Egypt and Armed Forces College of Medicine (AFCM), Cairo, Egypt

Yosef Manla

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria

Ibtihal Fadhil

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eastern Mediterranean NCD Alliance, Alsafat, Kuwait

Michelle Lui

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Hamidreza Roohafza

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Interventional Cardiology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Kadhim Sulaiman

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Heart Center, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Nooshin Bazargani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE

George Saade

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bellevue Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Nejat Hassen

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada

Amani Alandejani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Amr Abdin

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Syrian Cardiovascular Association, Damascus, Syria

Saira Bokhari

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Gregory A. Roth

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Catherine Johnson

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Benjamin Stark

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Nizal Sarrafzadegan

Contributed equally to this work with: Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Ali H. Mokdad

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nsarrafzadegan@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Ali H. Mokdad

Contributed equally to this work with: Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Ali H. Mokdad

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.