Loukasmäki, Iivari
Tuomisto, Anne
Sirniö, Päivi
Kastinen, Meeri
Karjalainen, Henna
Äijälä, Ville K.
Tapiainen, Vilja V.
Tervahartiala, Taina
Sorsa, Timo
Pohjanen, Vesa-Matti
Mattila, Taneli T.
Lindgren, Outi
Rintala, Jukka
Meriläinen, Sanna
Saarnio, Juha
Rautio, Tero
Mäkinen, Markus J.
Väyrynen, Juha P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8683-2996
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Oulu
Article History
Received: 7 September 2025
Accepted: 14 March 2026
First Online: 3 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted under approval from the Regional medical research ethics committee of the Wellbeing services county of North Ostrobothnia (25/2002, 42/2005, 122/2009, 37/2020), Biobank Borealis (BB-2017_1012) and Fimea (FIMEA/2022/001941). The study was adhered to the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.