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Santos IS, Alencar AP, Rundek T, Goulart AC, Barreto SM, Pereira AC, et al. Low impact of traditional risk factors on carotid intima-media thickness: The ELSA-brasil cohort. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2015;35(9):2054–9. References manuscript: Eickemberg M, Amorim LDAF, Matos SMA; critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Amorim LDAF, Almeida MCC, Aquino EML, Fonseca MJM, Santos IS, Diniz MFS, Barreto SM, Matos SMA Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding This study was funded by Ministério da Saúde e Ministério da Ciência and Tecnologia do Brasil. Study Association This article is part of the thesis of Doctoral submitted by Michaela Eickemberg, from Universidade Federal da Bahia. Ethics approval and consent to participate This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the ISC/UFBA, da FIOCRUZ, do Hospital Universitário-USP, da UFMG, do Centro de Ciências de Saúde da UFES, do Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre under the protocol number 027/06, 343/06, 669/06, 186/06, 041/06, 194/06 respectively. All the procedures in this study were in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration, updated in 2013. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study. 226