Higher Lipoprotein (a) Levels Are Associated with Better Pulmonary Function in Community-Dwelling Older People – Data from the Berlin Aging Study II

• Nikolaus Buchmann ,

  * E-mail: nikolaus.buchmann@charite.de (NB); ilja.demuth@charite.de (ID)

  Affiliation Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Reinickendorfer Str. 61,13347 Berlin, Germany

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• Ursula Kassner,

  Affiliation Lipid Clinic at the Interdisciplinary Metabolism Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1,13353 Berlin, Germany

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• Kristina Norman,

  Affiliation Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Reinickendorfer Str. 61,13347 Berlin, Germany

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• David Goldeck,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Centre for Medical Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Rahel Eckardt,

  Affiliation Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Reinickendorfer Str. 61,13347 Berlin, Germany

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• Graham Pawelec,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Centre for Medical Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen,

  Affiliations Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Reinickendorfer Str. 61,13347 Berlin, Germany, Lipid Clinic at the Interdisciplinary Metabolism Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1,13353 Berlin, Germany

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• Ilja Demuth

  * E-mail: nikolaus.buchmann@charite.de (NB); ilja.demuth@charite.de (ID)

  Affiliations Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Reinickendorfer Str. 61,13347 Berlin, Germany, Institute of Medical and Human Genetics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1,13353 Berlin, Germany

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