Woudstra-de Jong, Jarinne E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7842-2180
Manning-Charalampidou, Sonia S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5477-5499
Vingerling, Johannes Hans R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0441-2809
Gerbrandy, S. J. Feike https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2859-8975
Pesudovs, Konrad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6322-9369
Busschbach, Jan J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-0381
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (60-64400-98-210)
Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Oogziekenhuis (2021S05)
Rotterdamse Stichting Blindenbelangen (B20220001)
Stichting voor Ooglijders (2021-09)
Article History
Received: 28 February 2025
Accepted: 5 August 2025
First Online: 18 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The study was approved by the Science Committee of the Rotterdam Eye Hospital (protocol number: OZR-2021-22) and adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: This submission has not been published anywhere previously and it is not simultaneously being considered for any other publication. It has previously been reviewed and rejected by 5 ophthalmological journals: Ophthalmology Retina (submitted: 28 Aug 2023, rejected: 25 Sep 2023), RETINA (submitted: 5 Mar 2024, rejected: 14 Jul 2024), Eye (submitted: 26 Jun 2024, rejected: 5 Nov 2024), Graefeās Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (submitted: 14 Nov 2024, rejected: 1 Jan 2025), and Ophthalmic Epidemiology (submitted: 5 Jan 2025, rejected: 24 Feb 2025).
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.