Vauhkonen, Paula Katriina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5561-4999
Haukka, Jari
Vauhkonen, Ilkka
Lindroos, Katarina Mercedes
Mäyränpää, Mikko Ilari
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Helsinki
Article History
Received: 4 December 2024
Accepted: 16 April 2025
First Online: 1 May 2025
Declarations
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: This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, national Medical Research Act (488/1999 with subsequent amendments), and Medical Research Decree (986/1999 with subsequent amendments). Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee II of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS-190-2020-03). In Finland, consent to participate is not required for medical research using only register data (Personal Data Act 523/1999 with subsequent amendments; Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data (552/2019)). The permission to use register data for medical research was granted by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL/1407/6.02.00/2020).
: Not applicable.
: Paula Katriina Vauhkonen is a doctoral deputy member of the Finnish Anti-Doping Hearing Panel. Jari Haukka, Ilkka Vauhkonen, Katarina Mercedes Lindroos and Mikko Ilari Mäyränpää declare that they have no competing interests.