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Authors
Senftleber, Ninna https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-1549
Christensen, Marie Mathilde B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7055-6835
Carstensen, Bendix https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5161-2192
Stæger, Frederik Filip https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2295-8637
Frøst, Michael B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0854-960X
Gillum, Matthew P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4893-012X
Hansen, Torben https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8748-3831
Jørgensen, Marit E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8356-5565
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nunatsinni Ilisimatusarnermik Siunnersuisoqatigiit
Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (1030-00363B)
Pinngortitaleriffik (80.045)
Kalaallit Nunaanni Brugseni
Copenhagen University
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Article History
Received: 22 August 2025
Accepted: 18 February 2026
First Online: 17 April 2026
Acknowledgements
: We would like to thank the study participants for their time and effort, as well as the study personnel. We have disseminated findings from the study to the general Greenlandic population at a public science event in Nuuk and at Kalaallit Illuutaat (The Greenlandic House) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and we will further do so via local media in Greenland as well as directly to the participants.
: Requests for de-identified individual participant-level data can be submitted to Marit Eika Jørgensen, Steno Diabetes Center Greenland (maej@peqqik.gl). Data will not be made publicly available. The R scripts used for data management and statistical analyses are openly available at: .
: Open access funding provided by Copenhagen University. MEJ received funding for the current study from the Independent Research Fund Denmark (grant no. 1030-00363B). NS received funding for the study from Pinngortitaleriffik, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (postdoctoral grant no. 80.045) and from Greenland Research Council (research grant not numbered). Brugseni sponsored foods for the study. None of the funding sources were involved in any parts of the study nor in writing the manuscript and the decision to submit it for publication.
: MEJ received research grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk AS and Sanofi Aventis. MEJ, TH and MMBC hold shares in Novo Nordisk AS. MPG was an employee of Novo Nordisk AS. The authors declare that there are no other relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work.
: NS, MBF, MPG, TH and MEJ developed the study concept and design. NS, MMBC and MEJ were responsible for data acquisition. NS, BC and FFS were responsible for data analysis and data verification. NS wrote the manuscript draft. All authors took part in data interpretation, critical revision of manuscript, contribution to scientific content, and approved the final manuscript. ChatGPT was used for shortening text and, the artificial intelligence-generated content was edited by NS.
