Relation between socioeconomic deprivation and death from a first myocardial infarction in Scotland: population based analysis.

edge and experience and Peter Hope and Pat Townshend for comments on an earlier draft of the paper. Contributors: PA initiated the study, was involved in all its aspects, and is the guarantor; ER contributed to study design, interpretation of data, and writing of the paper; NTF and MJR contributed to many discussions on vitamin K and to writing the paper. Funding: Data collection was funded by a nursing research fellowship awarded to PA by the Smith and Nephew Foundation. Other aspects of the study were funded by the Leukaemia Research Fund. Competing interests: None declared.