Nikkilä, Rayan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0999-2734
Mäkitie, Antti https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-2404
Joensuu, Heikki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0281-2507
Markkanen, Saara
Elenius, Klaus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5700-0827
Monni, Outi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2319-8799
Palotie, Aarno https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2527-5874
Saarentaus, Elmo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-7187
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Salo, Tuula https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-0088
Bizaki-Vallaskangas, Argyro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9484-0913
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sigrid Jusélius Foundation
Finska Läkaresällskapet
State Research Funding for the Helsinki University Hospital
Tampere University
Article History
Received: 28 February 2025
Accepted: 28 March 2025
First Online: 25 April 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The FinnGen study is approved by Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (permit numbers: THL/2031/6.02.00/2017, THL/1101/5.05.00/2017, THL/341/6.02.00/2018, THL/2222/6.02.00/2018, THL/283/6.02.00/2019, THL/1721/5.05.00/2019 and THL/1524/5.05.00/2020), Digital and population data service agency (permit numbers: VRK43431/2017-3, VRK/6909/2018-3, VRK/4415/2019-3), the Social Insurance Institution (permit numbers: KELA 58/522/2017, KELA 131/522/2018, KELA 70/522/2019, KELA 98/522/2019, KELA 134/522/2019, KELA 138/522/2019, KELA 2/522/2020, KELA 16/522/2020), Findata permit numbers THL/2364/14.02/2020, THL/4055/14.06.00/2020, THL/3433/14.06.00/2020, THL/4432/14.06/2020, THL/5189/14.06/2020, THL/5894/14.06.00/2020, THL/6619/14.06.00/2020, THL/209/14.06.00/2021, THL/688/14.06.00/2021, THL/1284/14.06.00/2021, THL/1965/14.06.00/2021, THL/5546/14.02.00/2020, THL/2658/14.06.00/2021, THL/4235/14.06.00/2021, Statistics Finland (permit numbers: TK-53-1041-17 and TK/143/07.03.00/2020 (earlier TK-53-90-20) TK/1735/07.03.00/2021, TK/3112/07.03.00/2021) and Finnish Registry for Kidney Diseases permission/extract from the meeting minutes on 4th July 2019. The Biobank Access Decisions for FinnGen samples and data utilized in FinnGen Data Freeze 12 include: THL Biobank BB2017_55, BB2017_111, BB2018_19, BB_2018_34, BB_2018_67, BB2018_71, BB2019_7, BB2019_8, BB2019_26, BB2020_1, BB2021_65, Finnish Red Cross Blood Service Biobank 7.12.2017, Helsinki Biobank HUS/359/2017, HUS/248/2020, HUS/430/2021 §28, §29, HUS/150/2022 §12, §13, §14, §15, §16, §17, §18, §23, §58, §59, HUS/128/2023 §18, Auria Biobank AB17-5154 and amendment #1 (August 17 2020) and amendments BB_2021-0140, BB_2021-0156 (August 26 2021, Feb 2 2022), BB_2021-0169, BB_2021-0179, BB_2021-0161, AB20-5926 and amendment #1 (April 23 2020) and it´s modifications (Sep 22 2021), BB_2022-0262, BB_2022-0256, Biobank Borealis of Northern Finland_2017_1013, 2021_5010, 2021_5010 Amendment, 2021_5018, 2021_5018 Amendment, 2021_5015, 2021_5015 Amendment, 2021_5015 Amendment_2, 2021_5023, 2021_5023 Amendment, 2021_5023 Amendment_2, 2021_5017, 2021_5017 Amendment, 2022_6001, 2022_6001 Amendment, 2022_6006 Amendment, 2022_6006 Amendment, 2022_6006 Amendment_2, BB22-0067, 2022_0262, 2022_0262 Amendment, Biobank of Eastern Finland 1186/2018 and amendment 22§/2020, 53§/2021, 13§/2022, 14§/2022, 15§/2022, 27§/2022, 28§/2022, 29§/2022, 33§/2022, 35§/2022, 36§/2022, 37§/2022, 39§/2022, 7§/2023, 32§/2023, 33§/2023, 34§/2023, 35§/2023, 36§/2023, 37§/2023, 38§/2023, 39§/2023, 40§/2023, 41§/2023, Finnish Clinical Biobank Tampere MH0004 and amendments (21.02.2020 & 06.10.2020), BB2021-0140 8§/2021, 9§/2021, §9/2022, §10/2022, §12/2022, 13§/2022, §20/2022, §21/2022, §22/2022, §23/2022, 28§/2022, 29§/2022, 30§/2022, 31§/2022, 32§/2022, 38§/2022, 40§/2022, 42§/2022, 1§/2023, Central Finland Biobank 1-2017, BB_2021-0161, BB_2021-0169, BB_2021-0179, BB_2021-0170, BB_2022-0256, BB_2022-0262, BB22-0067, Decision allowing to continue data processing until 31st Aug 2024 for projects: BB_2021-0179, BB22-0067,BB_2022-0262, BB_2021-0170, BB_2021-0164, BB_2021-0161, and BB_2021-0169, and Terveystalo Biobank STB 2018001 and amendment 25th Aug 2020, Finnish Hematological Registry and Clinical Biobank decision 18th June 2021, Arctic biobank P0844: ARC_2021_1001.
: Study subjects in FinnGen provided informed consent for biobank research, based on the Finnish Biobank Act. Alternatively, separate research cohorts, collected prior the Finnish Biobank Act came into effect (in September 2013) and start of FinnGen (August 2017), were collected based on study-specific consents and later transferred to the Finnish biobanks after approval by Fimea (Finnish Medicines Agency), the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health. Recruitment protocols followed the biobank protocols approved by Fimea. The Coordinating Ethics Committee of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) statement number for the FinnGen study is Nr HUS/990/2017.
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