Leonard, Samantha E.
Ghanbari, Mohsen
Sowa, Pawel
van Meurs, Joyce B.J.
Vallerga, Costanza
van Hagen, P. Martin
Völzke, Henry
Ameling, Sabine
Völker, Uwe
Kondraciuk, Marcin
Dubatowka, Marlena
Kamiński, Karol
Teumer, Alexander
Chaker, Layal
Dalm, Virgil A.S.H.
Article History
Received: 25 July 2025
Accepted: 13 May 2026
First Online: 22 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: RS, SHIP, and PLUS comply with the declaration of Helsinki and have been approved by the medical ethics committee of the Erasmus University Medical Center (registration number MEC 02.1015) and the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Population Screening Act WBO, license number 1071272–159,521-PG), by the Ethics Committee of the University of Greifswald, and by the Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Bialystok, respectively. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Consent for Publication: All authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript and consent to its submission to BMC Medicine.