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Plasma Lp(a) lipoprotein concentrations in four study groups. Boxes represent median and middle quarters of Lp(a) lipoprotein concentration and whiskers represent lowest and highest quarters
Acknowledgments
We thank Ms Saija Kortetjärvi, Ms Anna-Riitta Malinen, and Ms Liisa Laine for technical and secretarial support, and Markku Linnaluoto for help with the statistics.
Footnotes
Funding: This study was supported by grants from the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, and the Medical Council of the Academy of Finland.
Conflict of interest: None.
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