van Roeden, Sonja
van Oevelen, Mathijs
Abrahams, Alferso C.
Dekker, Friedo W.
Rotmans, Joris I.
Meijvis, Sabine C. A.
Bijlsma, J. A.
van der Bogt, K. E. A.
van de Brug, A.
Douma, C. E.
Hoorn, E. J.
IJpelaar, D. H. T.
Straaten, M. J. Krol-van
Mui, K. W.
Tordoir, J. H. M.
Vincent, H. H.
Zonnebeld, N.
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Article History
Received: 20 April 2021
Accepted: 7 September 2021
First Online: 13 September 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
: Design of the DUCATHO database was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the University Medical Center Utrecht (METC Utrecht). Data were collected from electronical patient records. Obtaining informed consent was waived by the Medical Ethics Committee since data were collected and processed anonymously. If patients objected against use of their medical record for research purposes they were not included in the database. We confirm that the study methods were in accordance with the standards formulated by the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant guidelines and regulations, in our case the STROBE guidelines for observational cohort studies.
: Not applicable.