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"Conflict of Interest Erik Stroes reports personal fees from Amgen, Akcea, Sanofi-Regeneron, Esperion, and Novartis outside the submitted work. John Kastelein reports personal fees from AstraZeneca, CIVI Biotechnology, CSL Behring, Draupnir, Esperion, Gemphire, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Matinas BioPharma, NorthSea Therapeutics, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Regeneron, RegenXBio, Staten Biotech, 89Bio, Omeicos, and Serometrix outside the submitted work. Michael Davidson reports he is the Chief Medical Officer of Corvidia Therapeutics. Sotirios Tsimikas reports personal fees from Ionis Pharmaceuticals, being co-founder of Oxitope, Inc., and Kleanthi Diagnostics, LLC, outside the submitted work. In addition, Dr. Tsimikas has a patent for methods of identifying a subject having or at risk of having or developing coronary artery disease with royalties paid to Kleanthi Diagnostics; two patents for methods for assessing atherogenesis by determining oxidized phospholipid to apolipoprotein B ratios with royalties paid to Kleanthi Diagnostics; and a patent for oxidative biomarkers in predicting risk of stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with royalties paid to Kleanthi Diagnostics. Patrick M. Moriarty and Lauryn K. Gorby declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this manuscript."