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"Declarations Conflict of interestNone of the authors have any conflicts of interest to declare. Ethical approvalRegional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK) in Eastern Norway (2019/42772).Data Access Committee in Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust (2021/184). Conflict of interest None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to declare."

"Funding Open access funding provided by NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology (incl St. Olavs Hospital - Trondheim University Hospital). Our work was supported by the Helse Midt-Norge (2019/38881) and Helse Nord-Trøndelag (2022/1927, 31982/2022). Role of the Funder: The funding body had no role in the designs of the study, data collection, analysis, interpretation of data, or in writing the manuscript."