1. Post-Graduate Program in Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2. Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
3. Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
4. Department of Preventive Cardiology, CGH Medical Center, Sterling, Illinois, USA.
5. Lipid Clinic Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
6. Department of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.