Ayele, Henok Tadesse http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6117-0578
Reynier, Pauline
Azoulay, Laurent http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5162-3556
Platt, Robert W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5981-8443
Cabaussel, Josselin
Benayoun, Serge
Filion, Kristian B. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-0088
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP-136946)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2019
Accepted: 30 August 2020
First Online: 9 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interest. The authors have nothing to disclose in particular relation to this study.
: This study included men over the age of 40 years with the incident diagnosis of BPH. However, informed consent was not required (see below).
: Studies using the CPRD are not required to obtain informed consent from the individual study participants as data are anonymized. CPRD operates an opt-in model whereby a GP practice must provide consent for CPRD to collect de-identified primary care data from their practice. Patients at participating practices have the right to opt out of sharing and use of their data for research at any time and CPRD respects and abides by this choice.