title: Response to letter regarding article, "the global cardiovascular risk transition: associations of four metabolic risk factors with macroeconomic variables in 1980 and 2008".
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Goodarz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Danaei
authors.forename: Gitanjali M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Paciorek
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Melanie J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Mariel M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Finucane
authors.forename: Farshad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farzadfar
authors.forename: Gretchen A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Leanne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Mayuree
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ezzati
mesh_terms: D003752:Dental Health Services; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009909:Oral Health