Vehviläinen, Juho http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7521-8512
Skrifvars, Markus
Reinikainen, Matti
Bendel, Stepani
Laitio, Ruut
Hoppu, Sanna
Ala-Kokko, Tero
Siironen, Jari
Raj, Rahul
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Sairaanhoitopiiri (VTR TYH2018227)
Finska Läkaresällskapet
Medicinska Understödsföreningen Liv och Hälsa
Svenska Kulturfonden
University of Helsinki including Helsinki University Central Hospital
Article History
Received: 14 June 2022
Accepted: 20 August 2022
First Online: 1 September 2022
Declarations
:
: The ethics committee of Helsinki University Hospital (194/13/03/14 §97), the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL/713/5.05.01/2014 and THL/1298/5.05.00/2019), Statistics Finland (TK-53–1047-14), the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Dnro 2713/402/2016 28.10.16), and all the participating university hospitals’ research committees approved this study. The study adhered to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines.
: There was no need for patient consent.
: M.S. has received travel grant and lecture fee from BARD Medical (Ireland). J.S. has received lecture fee from Bayer (Finland). These activities have no relation to any of the work presented in this article. Author J.S. has had personal grant from Maire Taponen Foundation. R.R. has had personal grants from Finska Läkaresällskapet, Medicinska Understödsföreningen Liv & Hälsa, and Svenska Kulturfonden. Authors J.V., M.R., S.B., T.A-K., S.H., and R.L. have no competing financial interest to report.