1. Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 10, Al-e-Ahmad and Chamran Highway Intersection, Tehran 1411713137, Iran
2. Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
5. Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
6. Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
7. Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
8. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA