Björkman, Mikko P.
Jyväkorpi, Satu K.
Strandberg, Timo E.
Pitkala, Kaisu H.
Tilvis, Reijo S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helsingin Yliopisto
Konung Gustaf V:s och Drottning Victorias Frimurarestiftelse
Yrjö Jahnssonin Säätiö
Article History
Received: 19 March 2019
Accepted: 2 August 2019
First Online: 29 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: MPB reports professional cooperation including lecturing fees from Valio Ltd, Nestle Health Science Ltd. and Nutricia Medical Ltd., Dr. TES reports having various educational and consultative cooperation with several companies, including Nutricia, Abbott, Amgen, Merck, Pfizer, Novartis, and Novo-Nordisk; a minor amount of stock in Orion Pharma; and is a board member and former president of executive board of European Union Geriatric Medicine Society which has cooperation also with the nutrition industry. SKJ, KHP and RS have no competing interests.
: The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee for internal medicine of hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa. The study was performed in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Informed consent was obtained from each patient, or from their next of kin if necessary.