Funding for this research was provided by:
Academy of Finland (322098, 286284, 134309 (Eye), 126925, 121584, 124282, 129378 (Salve), 117797 (Gendi), and 41071 (Skidi))
the Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility area of Kuopio, Tampere and Turku University Hospitals (X51001)
the Juho Vainio Foundation
the Sigrid Juselius Foundation
the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation
the Paavo Nurmi Foundation
the Finnish Foundation of Cardiovascular Research
Finnish Cultural Foundation
the Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation
the Emil Aaltonen Foundation
Diabetes Research Foundation of Finnish Diabetes Association
University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital
Article History
First Online: 1 October 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Aino I. L. Saarinen, Niklas Granö, and Terho Lehtimäki declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Furthermore, the design of the Young Finns Study was approved by all the Finnish universities with medical schools.
: Before participation, all the participants or their parents (for participants aged below 12 years) provided informed consent after the nature of the procedures had been fully explained.
: No animal studies were carried out by the authors for this article.