The study was renewed in FY 2000 to investigate the third generation of the Muscatine Heart Study cohort. The renewal determined whether the offspring of cohort members with premature atherosclerosis or a familial history of cardiovascular disease had increased carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) or elevated risk factors, identify risk factors for progression of carotid IMT, and measure putative riskfactors for increased IMT (serologic evidence of Chlamydia pneumoniae or cytomegalovirus infection, high sensitivity C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and glycosylated hemoglobin).