Niemenoja, Oskar
Ämmälä, Antti-Jussi
Riihijärvi, Sari
Lillrank, Paul
Bono, Petri
Taimela, Simo
Article History
Received: 13 October 2023
Accepted: 12 April 2024
First Online: 18 April 2024
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Authorization for data access and analysis procedures in this study was granted by the Finnish Social and Health Data Permit Authority (Findata) under permit number THL/4735/14.02.00/2021. No additional ethical approval is mandated for retrospective registry studies conducted in Finland. The data utilized was sourced from Terveystalo Healthcare Plc registries and were subjected to de-identification procedure by Findata to safeguard the privacy and confidentiality of the individuals. The research team had no access to personally identifiable information, and all data management adhered to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection.
: Informed consent was not a requisite for this noninterventional registry-based study, as it solely entailed the analysis of de-identified data derived from pre-existing medical registries.
: ON, PB, AÄ and ST were employed by Terveystalo Plc during the composition of the study. SR and PL declare no competing interests.