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Leitzmann, Michael https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-2789
Lendt, Claas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-4739
Mikolajczyk, Rafael https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1271-7204
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Pickford, Regina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4371-9309
Pischon, Tobias https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-767X
Schmidt, Börge https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6948-7273
Steindorf, Karen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5215-5651
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Rostock
Article History
Received: 12 September 2025
Accepted: 13 March 2026
First Online: 26 March 2026
Declarations
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: Initial ethics approval was obtained from the ethical committee of the Bavarian Medical Association (Nr. 13023) and all local ethical committees followed the initial approval. All individual participants were consulted, clarified, and accepted participation in the study by signing an Informed Consent Form. All data were anonymized prior to the author receiving the data. Special ethics approval was not required due to the processing of anonymized data for this paper. The German National Cohort (NAKO) is in accordance with national law and with the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 (in the current, revised version).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.