Readman, Megan Rose
Giebel, Clarissa
Cannon, Jacqui
Fairman, Ian
Plack, Christopher J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care North West Coast
Alzheimer's Society
Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203308)
Article History
Received: 19 December 2025
Accepted: 15 March 2026
First Online: 9 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The UK Biobank received ethical approval from the UK National Health Service (NHS) North West Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee (Ref 11/NW/038). As all data are anonymised, this secondary data analysis did not require additional ethical approval.
: All UK Biobank participants provided informed consent prior to their participation.
: All UK Biobank participants provided informed consent for their anonymised data to be analysed and published.