Alexa, R.
Kranz, J.
Thöne, M.
Grundl, S.
Hoffmann, M.
Koop, P. H.
Feng, C.
Schneider, K. M.
Schneider, C.
Saar, M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen
Article History
Received: 4 November 2025
Accepted: 19 February 2026
First Online: 27 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The UK Biobank study was approved by the North West Multicenter Research Ethics Committee (project 71300) and was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.