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Authors
Xi, Yue
Keil, Thomas
Krist, Lilian
Pischon, Tobias
Velásquez, Ilais Moreno
Schulze, Matthias B
Ahrens, Wolfgang
Zeeb, Hajo
Kuß, Oliver
Schikowski, Tamara
Schmidt, Börge
Stang, Andreas
Nieters, Alexandra
Mikolajczyk, Rafael
Massag, Janka
Harth, Volker
Obi, Nadia
Hallet, Anne C
Klett-Tammen, Carolina J.
Lieb, Wolfgang
Löffler, Markus
Kaaks, Rudolf
Bärnighausen, Till
Karch, André
Berger, Klaus
Khattak, Muhammad Nasir Khan
Meinke-Franze, Claudia
Leitzmann, Michael
Fischer, Beate
Brenner, Hermann
Holleczek, Bernd
Rospleszcz, Susanne
Peters, Annette
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
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Article History
Received: 22 February 2026
Accepted: 28 April 2026
First Online: 9 May 2026
Declarations
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: The German National Cohort (NAKO) was approved by the initial vote of the ethics committee of the Bavarian Medical Association (“Bayerische Landesärztekammer”, BLÄK, protocol code 13023), followed by the responsible local ethics committees where the respective study centers are located either by following the initial vote of the BLÄK or by separate votes. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 (in the current, revised version), and informed consent was obtained from the participants prior to any examination carried out for study purposes.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
