Rauscher, Franziska G.
Wang, Mengyu
Francke, Mike
Wirkner, Kerstin
Tönjes, Anke
Engel, Christoph
Thiery, Joachim
Stenvinkel, Peter
Stumvoll, Michael
Loeffler, Markus
Elze, Tobias
Ebert, Thomas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1683-9276
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Eye Institute (P30EYE003790)
National Institutes of Health (K99EY028631, R21 EY030142; R21EY030631; R01EY030575)
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Foundation
Lions Foundation
Research to Prevent Blindness
BrightFocus Foundation
Alice Adler Fellowship
European Social Fund
European Regional Development Fund
Free State Saxony’s excellence initiative (project numbers: 713-241202, 14505/2470, 14575/2470)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (i:DSem - Integrative data semantics in systems medicine (031L0026))
Novo Nordisk (Novo Nordisk postdoctoral fellowship run in partnership with Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
Karolinska Institutet (Karolinska Institutet Research Foundation grant)
Njurfonden
European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD Mentorship Programme supported by AstraZeneca)
Vetenskapsrådet (Strategic Research Program in Diabetes at Karolinska Institutet (Swedish Research Council grant No 2009-1068))
stiftelsen stig och gunborg westman
Article History
Received: 27 March 2021
Accepted: 15 July 2021
First Online: 7 September 2021
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethical Committee at the Medical Faculty of Leipzig University (approval number: 263-2009-14122009) and adheres to the Declaration of Helsinki and all federal and state laws. Prior to inclusion, informed written consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.