Khan, Najah
Javed, Zulqarnain
Acquah, Isaac
Hagan, Kobina
Khan, Madiha
Valero-Elizondo, Javier
Chang, Ryan
Javed, Umair
Taha, Mohamad B.
Blaha, Michael J.
Virani, Salim S.
Sharma, Garima
Blankstein, Ron
Gulati, Martha
Mossialos, Elias
Hyder, Adnan A.
Achirica, Miguel Cainzos
Nasir, Khurram
Article History
Received: 19 May 2022
Accepted: 6 April 2023
First Online: 16 May 2023
Declarations
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: Not applicable. This study was exempt from review by the institutional review board of Houston Methodist as it does not contain Human Subjects research and is de-identified and publicly available NHIS data. No administrative approval was needed to access the raw data as it is publicly available. All data was anonymized prior to use in this study.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Nasir is on the advisory board of Amgen, Novartis, Medicine Company, and his research is partly supported by the Jerold B. Katz Academy of Translational Research.Dr. Virani is receiving grant funding from Department of Veterans Affairs, NIH, World Heart Federation, Tahir and Jooma Family and is an Associate Editor for Innovations for the American College of Cardiology.Dr. Hyder’s research is funded by several donors and organizations including United States National Institutes of Health, World Bank, and the World Health Organization.Dr. Najah Khan has no competing financial interests, her research is supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.Dr. Zulqarnain Javed has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Acquah has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Hagan has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Madiha Khan has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Valero-Elizondo has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Chang has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Umair Javed has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Taha has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Blaha has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Sharma has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Blankstein has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Gulati has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Mossialos has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.Dr. Cainzos Achirica has no competing financial and non-financial interests to disclose.