Owolabi, M. O.Onoja, M. A.Made, F.Adebamowo, S. N.Ojo, A.Dwomoa, A.Motala, A. A.Bongani, M.M.Ovbiagele, B.Adebamowo, C.Bamidele, T.Rotimi, C.Akinyemi, R.Gebregziabher, M.Sarfo, F.Wahab, K. W.Parekh, R. S.Engel, M. E.Chisala, C.Peprah, E.Mensah, G.Wiley, K.Troyer, J.Miche` le, R.2018-12-102018-12-102018-120300-57711464-3685International Journal of Epidemiology, dyy261https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy261http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3944Low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) constitute the majority of the world’s population and bear more than 80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD).1,2 The recent increases in CVD globally are also reflected in LMIC, where the prevalence of overall deaths from CVD was 28% in 20013 and premature CVD mortality was 37% in 2015.4 The paucity of data regarding the drivers of the CVD epidemic and contextualized solutions is, in part, because less than 10% of the global research resources and facilities for implementation are found in LMIC.5,6 Therefore LMIC are particularly disadvantaged in dealing with the CVD burden with...enphenotypecardiovascular diseasescardiovascular systemgenomedatasetsArticle