Apolipoproteins and the risk of giant cell arteritis-a nested case-control study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the regional research ethics committee for southern Sweden. All participants in the MDCS gave their written informed consent to participate and for the use of the data for research purposes. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Lund University. This study was supported by Lund University [grant number ALFSKANE-446501 to CT], the King Gustav V 80-year Foundation [grant number FAI-2020–0729 to CT], the Swedish Rheumatism Association [grant number R-664091 to CT], and the Greta and Johan Kock Foundation [grant number N/A to CT]."