Funding for this research was provided by:
Foundation of Nutrition Research
VTR-funding of the Helsinki University Hospital
Academy of Finland (311492)
NordForsk
Helsinki Institute of Life Science
Helsinki University Hospital Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation
Article History
Received: 4 March 2020
Accepted: 29 April 2020
First Online: 22 May 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: SKJ: reports no conflict of interest. AU: reports no conflict of interest. MK: was supported by NordForsk, the Academy of Finland (311492), and Helsinki Institute of Life Science. 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.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Medicine. The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02526082.
: All participants signed an informed consent.