Gijsen, Matthias http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1378-3772
Wilmer, Alexander
Meyfroidt, Geert
Wauters, Joost
Spriet, Isabel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (1843118N)
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (1833317N)
Herculesstichting (AUGE/09/022)
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, KU Leuven (C24/17/072, C24/16/039)
Article History
Received: 8 May 2020
Accepted: 3 June 2020
First Online: 18 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: M@tric data-collection has ethical committee approval from the University Hospitals Ghent, where the database is being hosted (PA 2009/006). Research on the M@tric database requires ethical committee approval of the ethical committee of one of the contributing centers which then independently acts as central ethical committee.Approval for the present study was obtained from the ethical committee of the University Hospitals Leuven (S61364) for the use of the M@tric dataset, as well as the retrospective Leuven dataset. This research has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.