About the Authors

Abderrahim Oulhaj

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

aoulhaj@uaeu.ac.ae

Affiliations Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Zayed Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates

Sherif Bakir

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, United Arab Emirates

Faisal Aziz

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cardiovascular Diabetology Research Group, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine (CBmed), Graz, Austria

Abubaker Suliman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Wael Almahmeed

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Harald Sourij

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Zayed Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates, Cardiovascular Diabetology Research Group, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Abdulla Shehab

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exits.