Hautamäki, Markus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8870-7569
Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka
Eskola, Markku
Lehtimäki, Terho
Nikus, Kjell
Oksala, Niku
Tynkkynen, Juho
Hernesniemi, Jussi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sydäntutkimussäätiö (200076)
Business Finland (4197/31/2015)
Tampere University Hospital support association
Academy of Finland (286284)
Academy of Finland (322098)
The Finnish Society of Clinical Chemistry
Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility area of Tampere University Hospital (X51001)
Sydäntutkimussäätiö
Tampereen Tuberkuloosisäätiö
Emil Aaltosen Säätiö
Yrjö Jahnssonin Säätiö
Signe ja Ane Gyllenbergin Säätiö
Diabetestutkimussäätiö
Tampere University Hospital supporting Foundation
Horizon 2020 (755320, 848146)
Article History
Accepted: 16 May 2021
First Online: 8 June 2021
Declarations
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: This study was supported by Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility Area of Tampere University Hospital, in addition to the Tampere University Hospital support association and Business Finland research funding (Grant 4197/31/2015) as part of a collaboration between Tays Heart Hospital, Tampere University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Politecnico di Milano, GE Healthcare Finland Ltd, Fimlab Laboratories Ltd, and Bittium Medanalytics Ltd. MH has been supported by the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research (Grant 200076). TL has been supported by the Academy of Finland (Grants 286284 and 322098), the Finnish Society of Clinical Chemistry, Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility Area of Tampere University Hospital (Grant X51001), Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation, Emil Aaltonen Foundation, Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation, Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, Diabetes Research Foundation of the Finnish Diabetes Association, Tampere University Hospital Support Foundation, and the EU Horizon 2020 (Grants 755320 and 848146).
: Markus Hautamäki, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Markku Eskola, Terho Lehtimäki, Kjell Nikus, Niku Oksala, Juho Tynkkynen, and Jussi Hernesniemi declare they have no conflicts of interest.
: As this was a retrospective registry study, formal ethical approval was not required. However, the study was conducted according to the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki on the use of human data and approved by the Institutional Review Board overseeing the use of registry data, as required by Finnish legislation.
: Not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The anonymized data from this study are available upon request and for justified reasons.
: Not applicable.
: All authors significantly and equally contributed to the planning, conducting, and reporting of this study. MH and JH are the authors responsible for the overall content of this study.