Acknowledgements
The authors thank research nurses Heléne Blomqvist, Margitha Dahl,
Gunnel de Forest and Emma Sundström; outpatient clinic nurses Nina
Almberg, Carol Parra Troncoso, Marie Webrink Persson and Karin Öhrlund;
biomedical analyst Benita Dahlberg.
Funding: This work was supported by The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation
(20190478), The King Gustaf V´s and Queen Victoria´s Freemasons´
Foundation, The Swedish Research Council and Karolinska Institutet, The
Ragna and Paul Nyberg Foundation. Support was also given through the
regional agreement on medical training and clinical research (ALF)
between Stockholm County Council and Karolinska Institutet (20180120).
Author contributions: SK, JG and AE contributed to the conception and
design of the study, to the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of
data and to drafting the article. NVR and MAAH contributed to the
analysis of data and revising the article.