Hassanin, Emadeldin
Maj, Carlo
Klinkhammer, Hannah
Krawitz, Peter
May, Patrick
Bobbili, Dheeraj Reddy
Funding for this research was provided by:
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) INTER grant ‘ProtectMove’ (INTER/DFG/19/14429377)
Article History
Received: 29 March 2023
Accepted: 1 July 2023
First Online: 12 July 2023
Declarations
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: This study made use of anonymized data from UK Biobank, which consists of approximately 500,000 volunteers between the ages of 40 and 69 who were gathered throughout Great Britain between 2006 and 2010. Written informed consent was given by all individuals. It was inappropriate to get parental or guardian approval because no one under the age of 16 was recruited. The research ethics committee for the UK Biobank gave its approval to the protocol and the permission. Our investigation was carried out in accordance with approved UK Biobank data application number 52446. We hereby confirm that, all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: EH, HK and DRB performed the statistical analysis and the bioinformatics. EH and DRB conceived and designed the study. EH, HK, PM, and DRB drafted the initial manuscript. EH, HK, CM, PK, PM, and DRB performed the critical expert revision. CM, PK, PM, and DRB supervised the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
: Not Applicable.
: DRB is the founder and CEO of Wellytics Technologies Pvt Ltd. No potential conflicts (financial, professional, or personal) for the other authors relevant to the manuscript.