Taipale, Joonas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4907-8146
Mikhailova, Alexandra
Ojamo, Matti
Nättinen, Janika
Väätäinen, Saku
Gissler, Mika
Koskinen, Seppo
Rissanen, Harri
Sainio, Päivi
Uusitalo, Hannu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Elsemay Bjorn Fund
Sokeain Ystävät Ry
Bayer Oy
Article History
Accepted: 29 July 2019
First Online: 10 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JT, AM, MO, JN, MG, SK, HR, PS, and HU declare no conflict of interest. SV is a paid employee of ESiOR Ltd, which provides health economic and outcome research and market access services to pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
: All procedures performed in the Health 2000 and 2011 studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The ethical approval process details are discussed in previous publications [CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed].
: Participants received an information letter regarding the study beforehand. Two informed consents were obtained in the beginning of the study for each individual—one for the health interview and the other for the health examinations [CitationRef removed]. Participants were provided appropriate information concerning the study and asked to sign informed consents again before the follow-up examination in 2011 [CitationRef removed].