Zayed, Ahmed Medhat
Delvaux, Nicolas
Article History
Received: 17 January 2024
Accepted: 19 July 2024
First Online: 25 July 2024
Declarations
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: As the study was a retrospective analysis using secondary patient data only without reporting on protected health information, the Belgian legislation did not require additional ethical approval and subsequently the requirement for obtaining informed consent was waived. The INTEGO procedures were approved by the KU Leuven Ethics Committee (nr. ML1723) and by the Belgian National Privacy Commission’s Sectoral Committee (decision nr. 13.026 of March 19, 2013, last modified on April 17, 2018). The THIN<sup>®</sup> database obtained approval from the Belgian Data Protection Authority and collects data since 2005.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.