Funding for this research was provided by:
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (7-67-1840876)
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (1403720)
Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Article History
Received: 16 January 2023
Accepted: 29 July 2023
First Online: 7 September 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study, in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.
: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany. The study involving human participants was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the UMG (no. 4/8/19). Participants provided signed written informed consent for the use of routinely collected data for research purposes as part of their regular medical care in the contract with the UMG.
: Informed written consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study for the use of routinely collected data for research purposes as part of their regular medical care in the contract with the University Medical Center Göttingen.