Kane, Kimberly
Westman, Jeanette
Franck, Johan
Gissler, Mika
Funding for this research was provided by:
Karolinska Institute
Article History
Received: 14 March 2025
Accepted: 12 September 2025
First Online: 23 December 2025
Declarations
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: The project was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The need for consent to participate was deemed unnecessary according to national regulations, including the Swedish Health Data Register Act (1998:543) [ ] and the Regulation (2001:707) amending the Health Data Register Act (1998:543) [ ]. In accordance with the act and regulation, pseudonymized national register data were obtained from the Swedish national statistics agency following approval by the Regional Ethical Review Board in Stockholm (Dnr. 2016/243 − 31) and the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (Dnr. 2024-03238-02).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.