Rickmann, Anne-Marie
Senapati, Jyotirmay
Kovalenko, Oksana
Peters, Annette
Bamberg, Fabian
Wachinger, Christian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinik München
Article History
Received: 30 March 2022
Accepted: 8 September 2022
First Online: 17 September 2022
Declarations
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: The data resources used in this study (UKB, GNC, KORA) have approval from ethics committees. UK Biobank: UK Biobank has approval from the North West Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee (MREC) as a Research Tissue Bank (RTB) approval. This approval means that researchers do not require separate ethical clearance and can operate under the RTB approval (there are certain exceptions to this which are set out in the Access Procedures, such as re-contact applications). ExternalRef removed KORA: The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, including written informed consent of all participants. All study methods were approved by the ethics committee of the Bavarian Chamber of Physicians, Munich, Germany [CitationRef removed]. GNC (NAKO): All study centres’ local ethics committees had given approval and the study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki [CitationRef removed].
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.