Hartmann, Alica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8721-6036
Grabitz, Stephanie D.
Wild, Philipp S.
Lackner, Karl J.
Münzel, Thomas
Kerahrodi, Jasmin Ghaemi
Singer, Susanne
Geschke, Katharina
Schattenberg, Jörn M.
Konstantinides, Stavros
Pfeiffer, Norbert
Schuster, Alexander K.
Article History
Received: 6 May 2024
Revised: 23 October 2024
Accepted: 14 January 2025
First Online: 11 February 2025
Declarations
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: The Gutenberg Health Study was conducted according to the principles of “Good Clinical Practice,” the “Good Epidemiological Practice,” and the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants gave their written informed consent to participation. The Medical Ethics Commission of Rhineland-Palatinate and local and Gutenberg-University of Mainz data protection officials reviewed and approved the study (ethics committee review number 837.020.07(5555)).
: All authors: The Gutenberg Health Study is funded through the Government of Rhineland-Palatinate („Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation “, contract AZ 961–386261/733), the research programs “Wissen schafft Zukunft” and “Center for Translational Vascular Biology (CTVB)” of the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, and its contract with Boehringer Ingelheim and PHILIPS Medical Systems, including an unrestricted grant for the Gutenberg Health Study.Schuster AK holds the professorship for ophthalmic healthcare research endowed by „Stiftung Auge “ and financed by „Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft “ and „Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands e.V.“ Schuster AK received financial and research support by Abbvie, Apellis, Bayer Vital, Heidelberg Engineering, Novartis, Santen.Wild PS is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF 01EO1503) and he and Münzel T are PI of the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK). Wild PS is principal investigator of the DIASyM research core (BMBF 161L0219).Pfeiffer N receives financial support by Novartis, Ivantis, Santen, Thea, Boehringer Ingelheim Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Alcon, Sanoculis.Schattenberg JM consulted with Apollo Endosurgery, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Ipsen, Inventiva Pharma, Madrigal, MSD, Northsea Therapeutics, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Siemens Healthineers.Research Funding: Gilead Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim, Siemens Healthcare GmbH.Singer S received honoraria from Lilly for the review of papers submitted to their quality-of-life-prize.The remaining authors report no conflict of interest.