BEFORE PARTICIPATING 

• I receive a letter asking me to take part in the project.
• I can find out about the project by consulting the project brochure or by visiting our website at www.cartagene.qc.ca .
• I am contacted by a recruiter to see if I wish to take part in this project.
• I may accept or not to schedule an appointment with a nurse.

• During the meeting, I may ask to the nurse any questions that I have about the project.
• If I want to participate, I must sign the consent form; my consent should be free and informed.
• The nurse will fill out a health questionnaire with me.
• The nurse will take some physical measurements: height, weight, muscle strength, lung capacity, bioimpedance (body fat percentage), arterial rigidity, bone density, partial electrocardiogram, hip and waist circumpference, etc. 
• The nurse will also take a blood sample (about seven (7) table spoons) and a urine sample.

• I have the option to fill out, at home, a genealogy questionnaire and a satisfaction questionnaire.
• I have the option to consent to be re-contacted for further studies linked to CARTaGENE.

LEGEND 

1) The nurse answers all of my questions.
2) I am free to choose whether to sign the consent form.
3) Comfortable clothes should be worn to the meeting (here, for the waist measurement).
4) Weighing.
5) The arm measurement helps select the appropriate cuff for the blood pressure test.
6) Sitting height is a simple measurement.
7) The toe peg, part of the bone density measurement device.