Mazidi, Mohsen
Katsiki, Niki
Kengne, Andre Pascal
Mikhailidis, Dimitri P.
Banach, Maciej
Article History
Received: 8 February 2018
Accepted: 26 June 2018
First Online: 17 September 2018
Competing interest
: NK has given talks, attended conferences and participated in trials sponsored by Amgen, Angelini, Astra Zeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Galenica, MSD, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Win Medica. DPM has given talks and attended conferences sponsored by MSD, AstraZeneca and Libytec. The rest of the authors have declare that they have no competing interests.
: Informal consent was obtained from all adult participants of the NHANES and the protocol was approved by the NCHS Research Ethics Review Board.
: All the authors read and approved the last version of the manuscript.
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