König, Maximilian
Rach, Stefan
Mikolajczyk, Rafael
Schöttker, Ben
Mons, Ute
Amthor, Manuel
Völzke, Henry
Meinke-Franze, Claudia
Harth, Volker
Obi, Nadia
Schulze, Matthias B.
Thorand, Barbara
Greiser, Karin Halina
Leitzmann, Michael
Herrmann, Anne
Lieb, Wolfgang
Kiekert, Jasmin
Keil, Thomas
Krist, Lilian
Schmidt, Börge
Heise, Jana-Kristin
Nimptsch, Katharina
Pischon, Tobias
Ittermann, Till
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
Article History
Received: 5 November 2025
Accepted: 11 May 2026
First Online: 3 June 2026
Declarations
:
: The German National Cohort (NAKO) was initially approved by the Ethics Committee of the Bavarian Medical Association (Bayerische Landesärztekammer) with protocol code 13023, and subsequently by all local ethics committees at the study sites. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1975, as revised).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.