Christensen, Bodil Just
Cecon-Stabel, Natalia
Sleire, Synnøve Naess
Dahl, Lisbeth
Hansen, Signe Skovgaard
Pendt, Phil
Ittermann, Till
Khattak, Muhammad Nasir Khan
Henck, Vivien
Völzke, Henry
Faruque, Mithila
Alam, Faridul
Khattak, Rehman Mehmood
Imtiaz, Aisha
Khan, Muhammad Altaf
Soursou, Georgia
Makris, Konstantinos C.
Gaberšček, Simona
Zaletel, Katja
Studen, Katica Bajuk
Woodside, Jayne V.
Bath, Sarah C.
Henderson, Linda
Bokor, Anna
De Bock, Freia
Ravn-Haren, Gitte
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
European Union's Horizon Europe programme (101095643)
UK Research and Innovation (10068239)
UK Research and Innovation (10062205)
Article History
Received: 12 October 2025
Accepted: 19 March 2026
First Online: 1 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study was reviewed and has received the general ethics approval from the Ethics Committee of the University Medicine Greifswald (Reference Number: BB103/23) and the local ethics committees of the collaborating institutions: Ethical Review Committee of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS/ERC/EA/24/65), Cyprus National Bioethics Committee (EEBK/EIT/2024/53; 22809038/22809039; 22353878), Ethics Committee Islamia College Peshawar (04Zool/Euthyroid2/ICP), Ministry of Health Slovenia, Commission of the Republic of Slovenia for Medical Ethics (0120–327/2024-2711-3), Queens University Belfast Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Research Ethics Committee (MHLS 24_191), University of Surrey, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences School of Biosciences (Ref: 1301). ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT06769009. At the time of enrolment, all eligible participants will provide written informed consent after receiving a detailed explanation of the study. In certain locations an opt-out consent process may be applied in accordance with local regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.