Lipid Clinics Participating in the Study

Lipid clinics are formed by trained physicians in lipid disorders and metabolism, mainly internists and endocrinologist that mostly belongs to University Hospitals. Until now, there are 25 outpatient lipid clinics participating in the recuitment.

Participation of physicians is voluntary, relying on individual motivation. Each lipid clinic had a local coordinator responsible for the collection of the written informed consent, collection of questionnaire data, physical examination, and data entry. To assure and improve the quality of data, local coordinators attended to 3 different meetings where the different forms, questionnaires and procedures were carefully explained. All missing information in baseline or follow-up data are asked directly to the investigators by a data manager.

Main Project Coordinator

• Pedro Mata, MD, PhD. Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar, Madrid.

Coordinating Centre-FHF

• Rodrigo Alonso, MD, PhD. Lipid Clinic. Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar, Madrid
• Nelva Mata, MD; PhD. Department of Epidemiology, Madrid Health Authority and Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar, Madrid, Spain
• Jesús García Cruces, MD; PhD. Specialist in Epidemiology and Public Health. Castilla y León.
• María Teresa Pariente González. Cascade Screening, Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar, Madrid.
• Raquel Arroyo Olivares. Dietitian, Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar, Madrid.
• Blanca Mena Rodriguez. Study follow-up, Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar, Madrid.
• Virginia Del Fresno Gallego. Study follow-up, Fundación Hipercolesterolemia Familiar, Madrid.

Committe on Verification and Assignement of Events

• Dr. Juan Ramón González Juanatey. Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela
• Dr. Leopoldo Pérez de Isla. Unidad de Imagen Cardiovascular. Servicio de Cardiología. Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid
• Dra. Adriana Saltijeral Cerezo. Servicio de Cardiología. Hospital del Tajo. Aranjuez-Madrid.

Samples Reservory

• Prof. Lina Badimón, Teresa Padró, Rosa Aledo (Centro de Investigación Cardiovascular CSIC-ICCC, Hospital Sant Pau and IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona).

Central Biochemistry Laboratory

• Francisco Fuentes Jiménez, MD, PhD; Carmen Marín (Lipid and Atherosclerosis Research Unit. Hospital Reina Sofía. IMBIC, Córdoba)

Participating Centers

• Internal Medicine. Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid.
  Dr. Raimundo de Andrés.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla.
  Dr. Ovidio Muñiz, Dra. Aurora González.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Abente y Lago. A Coruña.
  Dr. José Luis Díaz.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba.
  Dr. Francisco Fuentes, Dra. Begoña Cortés, Dr. Jose López-Miranda.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Clínico de Barcelona.
  Dr. Daniel Zambón.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante.
  Dra. Mar Piedecausa.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital General Universitario de Elche.
  Dr. Vladimir Ospino.
• Endocrinology. Hospital del Vinalopó, Elche.
  Dra. Erika Ascuña.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real.
  Dr. Jesús Galiana, Dra. Mª Dolores Mañas.
• Internal Medicine, Hospital San Pedro, Logroño.
  Dr. Ángel Brea, Dr. Daniel Mosquera, Dra. Marta Casañas.
• Internal Medicine, Hospital Comarcal Vega Baja, Orihuela.
  Dr. José María Cepeda.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Central de Asturias. Oviedo.
  Dr. Ceferino Faedo, Dra. Lorena Suarez, Dr. Francisco Villazón González.
• Endocrinology. Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón.
  Dra. Marta Dieguez, Dra. María Riestra.
• Endocrinología. Hospital Virgen Blanca, León.
  Dra. Rocío Aguado, Dra Begoña Perez-Corral.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital General de Albacete, Albacete.
  Dr. Miguel A Barba.
• Endocrinology, Hospital de Lugo, Lugo.
  Dr. Jose I Vidal-Pardo, Dra. Rosa Argüeso.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Insalud de Mérida, Mérida.
  Dr. Pedro Saenz.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres.
  Dr. Juan F Sánchez Muñoz-Torrero.
• Endocrinology, Hospital Universitaria de Álava (HUA-Santiago), Vitoria.
  Dra. Leire Pérez.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos.
  Dra. Mª Pilar Álvarez Baños.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid.
  Dr. Gonzalo Díaz Soto.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid.
  Dr. Pablo Miramontes.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona.
  Dr. Xavier Pintó.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia.
  Dr. Antonio M. Hernández.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia.
  Dra. Fátima Illán.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital de Terrassa, Barcelona.
  Dra. Marta Mauri, Dra Rosa María Borrallo.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital de Valme, Sevilla.
  Dra. Patricia Rodríguez.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Clínico de Salamanca, Salamanca.
  Dra. Mercedes Martín.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital del SAS Jerez de la Frontera.
  Dr. Alfredo Michán, Dra. Patricia Rubio.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada.
  Dr. Juan Diego Mediavilla,  Dr. Pablo González Bustos.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián.
  Dra. Maitane Elola, Dra. Uxue Errasti.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital Infanta Elena. Huelva.
  Dr. Manuel J. Romero, Dra. Eva N. Gutiérrez, Dr. Francisco J. Caballero.
• Endocrinology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
  Dr. Francisco Arrieta.
• Internal Medicine. Hospital de Ferrol. Coruña.
  Dr. Juan Antonio Garrido.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife.
  Dr. José Gregorio Oliva García.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Vital Álvarez Buylla, Mieres.
  Dr. Juan Luis Fdz. Morera
• Internal Medicine. Hospital La Paz. Madrid.
  Dr. Pedro Luis Martínez.
• Endocrinology. Hospital Son Espases. Palma.
  Dra. Josefina Olivares, Dra. Mercedes Codina.
• Pediatric Endocrinology. Hospital General Santa Lucía, Cartagena.
  Dr. José María Donate.
• Pediatrics. Hospital de Elche, Elche.
  Dr. José Pastor Rosado.
• Clinical Medicine. Universidad Miguel Hernández. San Juan. Alicante.
  Dr. Julio Carbayo.
• Primary Care Center, San Miguel de Salinas.
  Dr. José Miguel Pinilla.

Scientific Committee

Pedro Mata, Rodrigo Alonso, Lina Badimón, Francisco Pérez-Jiménez; José López-Miranda; Juan Ramón González Juanatey; José María Ordovas (Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University & Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.

External International Scientific Advisory Committee

• Dr. Juan José Badimón. Atherothrombosis Research Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY, USA.
• Dr Joep Defesche. Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Dr Peter Lansberg. Coordinator Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research . Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center – Amsterdam, The Netherlands.