Mustonen, Jyrki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1400-5983
Rautiainen, Päivi
Lamidi, Marja-Leena
Lavikainen, Piia
Martikainen, Janne
Laatikainen, Tiina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding (project QCARE)
Strategic Research Council (312703, 336325)
Diabetesliitto
University of Eastern Finland (UEF) including Kuopio University Hospital
Article History
Received: 14 November 2022
Accepted: 14 March 2023
First Online: 28 March 2023
Declarations
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: Janne Martikainen is a founding partner of ESiOR. This company was not involved in carrying out this research. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This article does not contain any studies using human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.
: According to the Finnish legislation, register authorities give permissions to use register data including sensitive individual information (e.g., health data) to study specified research questions to named individuals who have signed a pledge of secrecy. The joint municipal authority for North Karelia Social and Health services (Siun sote) has given a permission for the use of the data. The Finnish legislation do not require ethics approcla nor informed consent for register-based research when study is solely based on registers (involving no contact with the study subjects) and the study is considered to be of public health importance.