Niccodemi, Gianmaria http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5196-6823
Bijwaard, Govert
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. National Institutes of Health (grant RO1-AG028593)
Article History
Received: 6 July 2022
Accepted: 16 March 2023
First Online: 2 May 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The anonymity of the included individuals is guaranteed by Statistics Netherlands. The data can only be analyzed at Statistics Netherlands or through Remote Access. Access to the data is only possible with fingerprint ID and the personal smartcard. The study was reviewed by the Institutional Review Board of the Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY. The Board determined that studies on this study population do no meet the DHSS definition of ‘human subject research’ and are exempt from IRB approval. In the Netherlands, the study does not need approval by Ethical Review Boards or by the National Data Protection Authority as all study procedures are in compliance with Dutch privacy legislation and do not need the consent of the data subjects concerned or of their relatives. The study is based on population wide administrative records and not on patient records.