Christiane Drechsler, MD,1 Renée de Mutsert, MSc,1 Diana C. Grootendorst, PhD,1 Elisabeth W. Boeschoten, MD, PhD,2 Raymond T. Krediet, MD, PhD,3 Saskia le Cessie, PhD,4 Christoph Wanner, MD,5 and Friedo W. Dekker, PhD,1 for the NECOSAD Study Group
1 Steven Haffner, MD,2 Michael H. Davidson, MD,3 Ralph B. D’Agostino Sr., MD,4 Steven Feinstein, MD,5 George Kondos, MD,6 Alfonso Perez, MD,7 and Theodore Mazzone, MD1
Magdalena Pasarica MD, PhD, Hui Xie MS, David Hymel BS, George Bray MD, Frank Greenway MD, Eric Ravussin PhD, Steven R. Smith MD Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
1, Jessica L. Fargnoli, BA1, Catherine J. Williams, MPH1, Tricia Li, MPH2, Walter Willett MD, DrPH 2,3,4, I Kawachi PhD3, Lu Qi, MD, PhD 2,4 Frank B. Hu, MD PhD2,3,4, Christos S. Mantzoros, MD1
Wilfried Mullens, MD, Zuheir Abrahams, MD, PHD, Gary S. Francis, MD, FACC, George Sokos, DO, David O. Taylor, MD, FACC, Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH, FACC, James B. Young, MD, FACC, W. H. Wilson Tang, MD, FACC
BRIAN E. JASKI, MD,1 ANDREW ROMEO, BS,2 BRYAN ORTIZ,2 PETER M. HOAGLAND, MD,1 MAUREEN STONE, RN,2 DALE GLASER, PhD,2 LORIE THOMAS, MSN,2 CYNTHIA WALSH, MSN,2 AND SIDNEY C. SMITH JR, MD3
