About the Authors

Katherine M. Morrison

kmorrison@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sonia S. Anand

Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Salim Yusuf

Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Stephanie A. Atkinson

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Karleen M. Schulze

Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Purnima Rao-Melacini

Affiliation Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Matthew J. McQueen

Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Sarah McDonald

Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Richard Persadie

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Barry Hunter

Affiliation Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Jacqueline Bourgeois

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jan W. Jansen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Koon K. Teo

Affiliations Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

the FAMILY (Family Atherosclerosis Monitoring In earLY Life) Study investigators

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMM SY SAA MM SM KKT. Performed the experiments: KMM SAA MM BH JB JWJ KKT. Analyzed the data: KMM SSA SY SAA KMS PR KKT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMM SY SAA KMS PR MM RP BH JB JWJ KKT. Wrote the paper: KMM SSA SY SAA KMS KKT.