Ye, Lizhen
Yang-Huang, Junwen
Franse, Carmen Betsy
Rukavina, Tomislav
Vasiljev, Vanja
Mattace-Raso, Francesco
Verma, Arpana
Borrás, Tamara Alhambra
Rentoumis, Tasos
Raat, Hein
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (20131201, 20131201, 20131201, 20131201, 20131201, 20131201, 20131201, 20131201, 20131201, 20131201)
Article History
Received: 2 May 2022
Accepted: 11 October 2022
First Online: 7 November 2022
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committees in all participating cities and funded by the European Commission Executive Agency for Health and Consumers. The names of the review board and the approval references are: Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Medische Ethische Toetsings Commissie (METC)—Erasmus MC Rotterdam; 08/01/2015; MEC-2014–661; Pallini, Greece: The Ethics and Scientific board—Latriko Palaiou Falirou Hospital; 04/03/2015; 20150304–01; Rijeka, Croatia: The Ethical Committee—Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka; 07–04-2014; 2170–24-01–14-02; Valencia, Spain: Comisión de Investigación—Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia. 29/01/2015; CICHGUV-2015–01-29; Manchester, United Kingdom: NRES Committee West Midlands—Coventry & Warwickshire; 06–03-2015; 15/WM/0080; NRES Committee South Central Berkshire B; 29–20-2014; 14/SC/1349. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants [CitationRef removed]. The study was registered in the ISRCTN registry as ISRCTN52788952. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no conflicts.