Pechlivanis, Sonali https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6181-7044
Lehmann, Nils
Hoffmann, Per
Nöthen, Markus M.
Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
Erbel, Raimund
Moebus, Susanne
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (PE 2309/2-1, ER 155/6-1, ER 155/6-2)
Article History
Received: 14 February 2020
Accepted: 31 August 2020
First Online: 10 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study has been approved by the ethical committee at the University Hospital Essen, Germany and is conducted in accordance with the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was certified and recertified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000/2008. All study participants gave their written informed consent. In order to access the data for the present study, the authors have obtained permission from the internal committee of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.