Seppala, L. J.
van de Loo, B.
Schut, M.
van Schoor, N. M.
Stricker, B. H.
Kenny, R. A.
Moriarty, F.
de Groot, L. C. P. G. M.
Denkinger, M.
Rothenbacher, D.
van der Velde, Nathalie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6477-6209
Abu-Hanna, A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Clementine Brigitta Maria Dalderup fund (7303)
Article History
Accepted: 5 June 2021
First Online: 5 July 2021
Declarations
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: This work was supported by the Clementine Brigitta Maria Dalderup fund, which is an Amsterdam University fund. The sponsor played no part in the design, execution, analysis and interpretation of data, or writing of the study. The initial B-PROOF study has received funding so far from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw, Grant 6130.0031), The Hague; unrestricted grant from NZO (Dutch Dairy Association), Zoetermeer; Orthica, Almere; Netherlands Consortium Healthy Ageing (NCHA) Leiden/Rotterdam; Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (project KB-15-004-003), The Hague; Wageningen University, Wageningen; VUmc, Amsterdam; Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam. The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is largely supported by a grant from the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, Directorate of Long-Term Care. The data collection in 2012–2013 was financially supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) in the framework of the project “New Cohorts of young old in the 21st century” (File Number 480-10-014). The TILDA study is co-funded by the Government of Ireland through the Office of the Minister for Health and Children, by Atlantic Philanthropies and by Irish Life; data were collected under the Statistics Act, 1993, of the Central Statistics Office. The Rotterdam Study is supported by the Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Erasmus University Rotterdam; The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw); the Research Institute for Diseases in the Elderly (RIDE); The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI); the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports; the European Commission (DG XII); and the Municipality of Rotterdam. The ActiFE-Indicators for Monitoring COPD [Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease] and Asthma–(Activity and Function in the Elderly in Ulm) study was supported by the European Union (No. 2005121), and the Ministry of Science, Baden‐Württemberg, and the German Research Foundation (RO2606/14-1, DE2674/1-1).
: The authors have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: The studies were performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All studies were approved by their respective institutional ethics committees [CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed–CitationRef removed].
: All participants provided written informed consent.
: Informed consent for publication was obtained as part of initial ethical approval and informed consent procedures.
: Data from the LASA database are available for use for specific research questions provided that an agreement is made up (ExternalRef removed). Data from TILDA is available through the ISSDA application process (ExternalRef removed). Rotterdam study data can be obtained upon request. Requests should be directed towards the management team of the Rotterdam Study (secretariat.epi@erasmusmc.nl), which has a protocol for approving data requests. Because of restrictions based on privacy regulations and informed consent of the participants, data cannot be made freely available in a public repository. Furthermore, B-PROOF and ActiFE-Ulm study data can be obtained upon request. Requests should be directed towards the principal investigators of the studies, who have a protocol for approving data requests.
: Not applicable.
: L.S., B.L., N.V., N.S., M.S. and A.A-H contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection was performed by all authors. Analysis and/or interpretation of the results were performed by L.S., L.S., M.S., N.V., B.L. and A.A-H. The first draft of the manuscript was written by L.S., M.S., N.V. and A.A-H and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.