Inter - Heart
This study is investigating whether traditional and novel risk factors vary in their associations with the risk of first non-fatal myocardial infarction among individuals from different regions of the world, and among individuals of different ethnic groups. The study has already recruited 28,000 individuals (half cases and half controls) from 260 sites in 52 countries. All major ethnic groups are represented. This study is supported by the Canadian Institute of Health Research, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the International Clinical Epidemiology Network, a number of pharmaceutical companies, as well as the World Health Organization and the World Heart Federation. Blood samples from all participants have been frozen in multiple aliquots in liquid nitrogen in core laboratories. IC health is seeking expressions of interest from sponsors that might be interesting supporting analyses of lipoproteins and haemoglobin A1c in blood samples collected in this study.

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