Kristensen, Marie Skov
Green, Anders
Nybo, Mads
Hede, Simone Møller
Mikkelsen, Kristian Handberg
Gislason, Gunnar
Larsen, Mogens Lytken
Ersbøll, Annette Kjær http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-3387
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sanofi Aventis Denmark AS (none)
Article History
Received: 12 March 2020
Accepted: 7 July 2020
First Online: 13 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Danish Data Protection Agency (record number 2015-41-4130) and the Danish Health and Medicines Authority.According to Danish law, register-based studies can be performed without consent from the subjects if the data processing takes place with the only purpose of performing statistical or scientific studies of significant public health concerns and where the processing is required to perform these studies. Before data collection, data management, and data analyses, approval was obtained from the relevant national data agencies required. The Act on Processing of Personal Data (Act No. 429 of 31 May 2000 with amendments) is the legal foundation for analyses of register-based data in Denmark [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable.
: The authors: MSK, MN, MLL and AKE declare that they have no competing interests.When this study was performed, KHM was an employee of Sanofi-Aventis Denmark A/S. AG and SMH declare that they have received funding from Sanofi Aventis Denmark A/S during the conduct of the study, and they declare no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work. GG declare that he has received funding from Bristol Myers Squibb, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer outside the submitted work.