Yoshimatsu, Yuki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0913-3507
Markowski, Marianne https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-3168
Smithard, David G. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6863-3099
Hansjee, Dharinee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1137-9728
Hashimoto, Tadayuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9723-3550
Nagano, Hiroyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7109-6172
Essex, Ryan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3497-3137
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japanese Respiratory Society (2021)
Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (B149)
Article History
Received: 18 April 2024
Accepted: 23 September 2024
First Online: 13 November 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was provided by the Ethics Committee of Hashimoto Municipal Hospital in Japan (ID R2.10-1) and the Health Research Authority and Health and Care Research Wales in the UK (ID 321158). Written informed consent was obtained from each participant.
: Yuki Yoshimatsu is supported by the Japanese Respiratory Society Fellowship Grant (2021). This study was funded by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (Butterfield Award, B149). The funders had no involvement in the study design or conduction. The authors received no other financial support for the research, authorship and publication of this article. The authors declare that they have no other competing interests.