Biersma, A. G. W. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3339-1126
van Leer, B.
Renes, M. H.
Pillay, J.
Koeze, J.
Article History
Received: 10 September 2025
Accepted: 11 February 2026
First Online: 26 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was part of the HEALICS follow up study. The HEALICS follow up study was deemed not to fall within the scope of the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (in Dutch: Wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek met mensen, WMO), approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the UMCG, The Netherlands (METc2020/405) and registered under trial registration number NCT04502511. The HEALICS incorporates biobank data, which was also deemed not to fall within the scope of the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act and approved by the Central Ethics review Board of the UMCG, The Netherlands (2021/00373). Informed consent was obtained from all subjects and/or their legal guardian(s) in the form of defered consent. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: Janesh Pillay is supported by a research grant from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, The Netherlands (ZonMw Clinical Fellowship grant 09032212110044) and has received funding from ‘a Partnership of Siemens and UMCG for building the future of Health’ (PUSH MO24.00027). All other authors have no competing interests to declare.