Cook, Sarah
Solbu, Marit D.
Eggen, Anne Elise
Iakunchykova, Olena
Averina, Maria
Hopstock, Laila A.
Kholmatova, Kamila
Kudryavtsev, Alexander V.
Leon, David A.
Malyutina, Sofia
Ryabikov, Andrew
Williamson, Elizabeth
Nitsch, Dorothea
Article History
Received: 26 August 2021
Accepted: 11 March 2022
First Online: 14 April 2022
Declarations
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: This research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Know Your Heart study was approved by the ethical committees of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (approval number 8808 received 24/02/2015), Novosibirsk State Medical University (approval number 75 received 21/05/2015), the Institute of Preventative Medicine, Novosibirsk (no approval number; approval received 26/12/2014), and the Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk (approval number 01/01–15 received 27/01/2015). Ethical committees in each site have approved the use of the data for secondary data analysis. Tromsø7 was approved by the Regional Committee of Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC North 2014/940). Informed written consent to take part was provided by participants in both studies including data sharing.
: Not applicable.
: DN has received funding for two GSK funded studies looking at aspects of kidney function in children and adults in Sub-Saharan Africa in the past 36 months and is the UK Renal Association Director of Informatics Research. DAL declares institutional payment for consultancy work providing expert advice on determinants of longevity as a member of a scientific panel. EW has received payments from AZ for providing statistical training, unrelated to the submitted work. SM and AR are supported by Russian Academy of Science (State assignment АААА-А17–117112850280-2). SM declares additionally funding for equipment and travel as part of the International Project on Cardiovascular Disease in Russia (IPCDR) project funded by Wellcome Trust Strategic Award as detailed in funding statement. All other authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.