van Baal, Katharina
Hemmerling, Melissa
Stahmeyer, Jona Theodor
Stiel, Stephanie
Afshar, Kambiz
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Article History
Received: 21 March 2023
Accepted: 15 February 2024
First Online: 20 April 2024
Declarations
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: Approval was given for the main OPAL study by the ethics committee of Hannover Medical School on 16 August 2018 (Registration N° 8038_BO_K_2018). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The use of routinely collected data for scientific purposes is regulated by federal law. The data protection officer of the statutory health insurance fund of Lower Saxony (AOK-LS) gave permission for its use. Informed consent was waived by the ethics committee of Hannover Medical School, as anonymised routinely collected data was analysed.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.