Stelander, Line Tegner
Lorem, Geir Fagerjord
Høye, Anne
Bramness, Jørgen G.
Wynn, Rolf
Grønli, Ole Kristian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helse Nord RHF (HNF1467-19)
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Article History
Received: 8 April 2022
Accepted: 5 February 2023
First Online: 16 February 2023
Declarations
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: All participants provided written informed consent for participation in the study and the scientific use of their health survey data. We excluded 302 out of 36,929 participants from our selection (with age range 25–99), as they did not consent to medical research. The Regional Committee has approved all data collection from the Tromsø study for Medical Research Ethics (REC), the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, and the study is performed in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. The present study is part of a research project approved by the REC North (case reference 2020/96868).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.