Carlqvist, Jeanette
Nyman, Ulf
Sterner, Gunnar
Brandberg, John
Fagman, Erika
Hellström, Mikael https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4031-332X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Västra Götalandsregionen (VGFOUREG-756601)
ALF agreement (ALFGBG-719031)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2020
Revised: 6 October 2020
Accepted: 14 October 2020
First Online: 6 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is senior Professor Mikael Hellström, Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Thomas Karlsson, statistician at Health Metrics, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (study participants) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.The study was approved by the National Research Ethics Committee in Umeå (2014-02-14: reference number 2014-33-32M) and the Regional Research Ethics Committee in Gothenburg (2018-10-19: reference number 848-18) (for background data from SCAPIS data bank).
: • prospective• cross sectional study• performed at one institution