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Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Regensburg
Article History
Received: 28 May 2026
Accepted: 10 September 2026
First Online: 15 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The NAKO obtained ethics approval from the relevant local ethics committees (Bayrische Landesärztekammer: 13023). UK Biobank obtained ethics approval from the North West Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: 21/NW/0157). All participants provided written informed consent. This study has been conducted in line with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: Fabian Bamberg: Bayer Healthcare - consultancy, speakers bureau, unrestricted research grant; Siemens Healthineers - unrestricted research grant. All other authors declare no conflict of interest for this work.