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  • 1From Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health (A.R.F., L.Y., A.A., P.L.L., W.T.), Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine (E.M.), and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine (F.A.L.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Minneapolis VA Health Care System, MN (F.A.L.); and Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, TX (C.M.B.). folso001@umn.edu.

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