De Vlieger, Greet http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6579-6965
Vanhorebeek, Ilse
Wouters, Pieter J.
Derese, Inge
Casaer, Michael P.
Debaveye, Yves
Hermans, Greet
Meersseman, Philippe
Møller, Holger J.
Van den Berghe, Greet
Ingels, Catherine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (170719N, 1832817N, G.0399.12, 1805116N)
Vlaamse regering (METH/14/06)
Horizon 2020 (AdvG-2017-785809)
european research council (ERC AdvG-2012_321670)
KU Leuven (STG/16/021, C24/17/070)
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, KU Leuven (Clinical Research Foundation)
Innovationsfonden (0603-00413B)
Article History
Received: 19 June 2019
Accepted: 22 July 2019
First Online: 2 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The ethics committee of all participating hospitals (ML4190) and the Belgian authorities (EudraCT2007e000169e40) approved the study protocol and consent forms that included approval for additional secondary analyses. All patients or their designated representatives provided a written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.