American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 4 , Pages 533-539, October 2009

The Family Atherosclerosis Monitoring In earLY life (FAMILY) study:

Rationale, design, and baseline data of a study examining the early determinants of atherosclerosis

  • Katherine M. Morrison, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Katherine M. Morrison, MD, FRCPC, HSC 3A59, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, 1200 Main St, W, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5.
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  • Stephanie A. Atkinson, RD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Salim Yusuf, MD, DPhil, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences-McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Jacqueline Bourgeois, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Sarah McDonald, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Matthew J. McQueen, MBChB, PhD, FCACB, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Richard Persadie, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • St Joseph's Healthcare Center, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Barry Hunter, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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  • Janice Pogue, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences-McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Koon Teo, MBBCH, PhD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences-McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • the FAMILY investigators

Received 26 February 2009; accepted 2 July 2009. published online 31 August 2009.

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PII: S0002-8703(09)00532-8

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.005

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 4 , Pages 533-539, October 2009