Kjaergaard, Alisa D. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3899-1324
Vaag, Allan A.
Jensen, Verena H.
Olsen, Michael H.
Højlund, Kurt
Vestergaard, Peter
Hansen, Torben
Thomsen, Reimar W.
Jessen, Niels
Article History
Received: 9 December 2024
Revised: 6 March 2025
Accepted: 21 March 2025
First Online: 5 April 2025
Competing interests
: All authors report no conflicts of interest related to this research. The Department of Clinical Epidemiology at Aarhus University Hospital receives funding from various companies, which is managed by Aarhus University, for studies that are not connected to this project.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) guidelines for reporting observational research []. The study is approved by relevant Danish ethical and data protection authorities (record number 2008–58–0035) and the Regional Committees on Health Research Ethics for Southern Denmark (record number S-20100082). Informed consent was obtained from all participants.