About the Authors

J. Jaime Miranda

Contributed equally to this work with: J. Jaime Miranda, Victor M. Herrera, Leonelo E. Bautista

lebautista@wisc.edu (LEB); Jaime.Miranda@upch.pe (JJM)

Affiliations CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Victor M. Herrera

Contributed equally to this work with: J. Jaime Miranda, Victor M. Herrera, Leonelo E. Bautista

Affiliations Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Julio A. Chirinos

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Luis F. Gómez

Affiliation Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

Pablo Perel

Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Rafael Pichardo

Affiliation Instituto Dominicano de Cardiología, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

Angel González

Affiliation Instituto Dominicano de Cardiología, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

José R. Sánchez

Affiliation Centro Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru

Catterina Ferreccio

Affiliation Departamento de Salud Pública, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Ximena Aguilera

Affiliation Ministerio de Salud de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Eglé Silva

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación y Estudios de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Myriam Oróstegui

Affiliation Cardiovascular Diseases Epidemiologic Observatory, Epidemiologic Research Center, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Josefina Medina-Lezama

Affiliation Santa María Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa María Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru

Cynthia M. Pérez

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Erick Suárez

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ana P. Ortiz

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Luis Rosero

Affiliation Universidad de Costa Rica, Centro Centroamericano de Población, San José, Costa Rica

Noberto Schapochnik

Affiliation Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Argentina

Zulma Ortiz

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Daniel Ferrante

Affiliation Ministerio de Salud y Ambiente, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan P. Casas

Affiliations Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Leonelo E. Bautista

Contributed equally to this work with: J. Jaime Miranda, Victor M. Herrera, Leonelo E. Bautista

lebautista@wisc.edu (LEB); Jaime.Miranda@upch.pe (JJM)

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author J. Jaime Miranda is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Provided critical input to the manuscript: JAC LFG PP RP AG JRS CF XA ES MO JML CMP ES APO LR NS ZO DF JPC. Conceived and designed the experiments: JJM VMH JPC LEB. Analyzed the data: VMH LEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJM VMH JAC LFG PP RP AG JRS CF XA ES MO JML CMP ES APO LR NS ZO DF JPC LEB. Wrote the paper: JJM VMH LEB.