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First Online: 27 April 2020

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: Dr Poirier has received honorarium for continuing medical education/consulting/expert events from Abbott Vascular, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Merck, Novartis, NovoNordisk, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Servier, and Valeant. The industry has no regard/power in the decisions made through this project. Dr Leclerc is a Professor of Nursing at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Within her role of Professor, she provides continuous medical education sessions for health care professionals, accredited by the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec and its local affiliates, and statistical expertise on Data Safety Monitoring Board Committees managed by JSS Medical Research, a contract research organization that executes clinical trials/studies for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as universities and hospitals. Claudia Blais, Louis Rochette, Denis Hamel, Line Guénette, and Claudia Beaudoin have no potential conflict of interest.

: No funding was received for this study as the project is part of the continuous chronic disease surveillance mandate in Quebec, Canada. All surveillance activities of this mandate are approved by the provincial Ethic Committee of Public Health. No informed consent was required.