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Article History

Received: 13 June 2023

Revised: 4 August 2023

Accepted: 14 August 2023

First Online: 11 November 2023

Declarations

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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Shadpour Demehri.

: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.

: Two of the authors has significant statistical expertise.

: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.

: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained. MESA is approved by seven participating universities’ institutional review boards (its six field centers and its coordinating center). Exam 1 of MESA took place between July 2000 and August 2002. MESA is registered at (NCT00005487).

: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in:Pishgar, F., Shabani, M., Quinaglia A C Silva, T., Bluemke, D. A., Budoff, M., Barr, R. G., Allison, M. A., Post, W. S., Lima, J. A. C., & Demehri, S. (2021). Quantitative Analysis of Adipose Depots by Using Chest CT and Associations with All-Cause Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Longitudinal Analysis from MESArthritis Ancillary Study. Radiology, 299(3), 703–711. .

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