[a
]Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Robarts Research Institute,
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
[b
]Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario,
Canada
[c
]Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry,
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
[d
]Department of Neurology, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,
Iran
[e
]Clinical Research Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical
Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
[f
]Health Information Science, PhD (candidate) Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
[g
]Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences Research Centre, Mashhad University of Medical
Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
[h
]Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne
Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
[i
]Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical
Research, Parkville, Australia
[j
]Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood,
IL, USA
[k
]Department of Family Medicine Schulich School of Medicine, Dentistry Western University,
London, ON, Canada
[l
]Research Centre for Prevention of cardiovascular disease, Institute of Endocrinology
& Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
[m
]Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
[n
]International UNESCO Center for Health-Related Basic Sciences and Human Nutrition,
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
[o
]Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University
of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
[p
]Department of Psychiatry, St Joseph's Health Care London, Western University, Canada
[q
]Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, San Camillo de’ Lellis General District Hospital,
Rieti, Italy
[r
]Neurological Section, Neuro-epidemiology Unit, SMDN-Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine
and Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention, Sulmona, L'Aquila, Italy
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