Wright, David M.
Chakravarthy, Usha
Das, Radha
Graham, Katie W.
Naskas, Timos T.
Perais, Jennifer
Kee, Frank
Peto, Tunde
Hogg, Ruth E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Economic and Social Research Council
UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health Northern Ireland
Belfast Association for the Blind
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Thomas Pocklington Trust
Guidedogs for the Blind
Diabetes UK
Macular Society
College of Optometrists
Queen's University Belfast
Wolfson Foundation
Wellcome Trust
Health and Social Care Research and Development Divsion of the Public Health Agency
Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland
Article History
Received: 20 March 2023
Accepted: 14 July 2023
First Online: 19 September 2023
Acknowledgements
: We are grateful to all the participants of NICOLA, and the whole NICOLA team, which includes nursing staff, research scientists, clerical staff, computer and laboratory technicians, managers and receptionists.
: The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: The Atlantic Philanthropies, the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health Northern Ireland, the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland, the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister Northern Ireland, the Health and Social Care Research and Development Division of the Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, the Wellcome Trust/Wolfson Foundation and Queen’s University Belfast provide core financial support for NICOLA. The authors alone are responsible for interpretation of the data, and any views or opinions presented are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the NICOLA team. The Northern Ireland Sensory Ageing (NISA) study was funded by grants from the College of Optometrists, Diabetes UK, the Macular Society, Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Thomas Pocklington Trust and the Belfast Association for the Blind.
: UC declares consultancy work with Apellis, Iveri Bio, Hoffmann-La Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim. All other authors declare that there are no relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work.
: UC, RD, KWG, TTN, FK and REH designed the research. RD, KWG, TTN, JP, TP and REH conducted the research. DMW and REH contributed to statistical analysis and interpretation of data and wrote the paper. DMW and REH had primary responsibility for the final content. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript. DMW is guarantor of this study, and, as such, had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analyses.