Abbreviated Title ( Length 26 characters ) : SES and CVD in Obesity / Diabetes 2

ARIC author to be contacted if there are questions about the manuscript and the first author does not respond or cannot be located (this must be an ARIC investigator). Name: Chiadi E. Ndumele, MD, PhD Address: Assistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 600 North Wolfe Street Carnegie 568 Baltimore MD 21287 Phone: 410-502-2319 Fax: 410-367-2151 E-mail: cndumel2@jhmi.edu