Kontogeorgos, Silvana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3564-8208
Thunström, Erik
Lappas, Georgios
Rosengren, Annika
Fu, Michael
Funding for this research was provided by:
vetenskapsrådet (ALF 73400, ALFGBG-717211, 2018-02527, VRREG 2019-00193)
hjärt-lungfonden (2018-0366)
västra götalandsregionen (FOU-VGR)
göteborgs läkaresällskap (20/935037)
University of Gothenburg
Article History
Received: 8 September 2021
Accepted: 2 February 2022
First Online: 13 February 2022
Declarations
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: In this study, initiated over 50 years ago, participant consent was considered implicit on attending the screening investigation, written consent was not a requirement from the ethics committee, and the subsequent interventions were carried out as part of clinical management of high risk individuals. The men in the control group were never contacted, only followed through local and national registries [CitationRef removed]. However, the process of running the data file of the participants against the Swedish National Patient Registry and the Swedish Cause of Death Registry was approved by the Ethical Committee at the University of Gothenburg (886-13, T187-16). The study complied with the Declaration of Helsinki issued 1974.
: All the authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript, and approved the submitted manuscript and the submission for potential publication.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.