About the Authors

Laura M. Reyes

Affiliation Department of Research, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia

Ronald G. García

Affiliation Department of Research, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia

Silvia L. Ruiz

Affiliation Department of Research, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia

Paul A. Camacho

Affiliation Department of Research, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia

Maria B. Ospina

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Gustavo Aroca

Affiliation Clínica de la Costa, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

Jose L. Accini

Affiliation Hospital Universitario de Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

Patricio López-Jaramillo

jplopezj@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Research, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, Department of Research, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander-Clínica Carlos Ardila Lulle (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLJ. Analyzed the data: LMR RGG PAC MBO. Participated in the recruitment: LMR RGG SLR GA JLA. Revised the manuscript critically and gave the final approval of the published version: PLJ LMR RGG SLR MBO PAC GA JLA.