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Received: 10 December 2017

Accepted: 17 July 2018

First Online: 8 August 2018

Authors’ information

: Elisa Maia dos Santos, MS is a dietitian in the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia and a PhD student at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Roger de Moraes, PhD is a professor and researcher at the Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Eduardo Vera Tibiriça, PhD is a professor and researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia and Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Grazielle Vilas Bôas Huguenin, PhD is a professor and researcher at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil and Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Annie Seixas Belo Moreira, PhD is a professor and researcher at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Andrea Rocha De Lorenzo, PhD is a professor and researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

: Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics and Research Committee of the National Institute of Cardiology, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the participants will sign the free and informed consent form.

: We have gained informed consent for publication of the dataset from patients at the point of recruitment to the trial. All the patient details will be fully anonymous.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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