Funding for this research was provided by:
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (StAR Scholarship 2340D)
Health Research Board (ILP POR 2019-005, HRA-PHR-2015-1130)
Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (COALESCE/2019/61)
European Research Council (iHEAR 724809)
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Article History
Accepted: 10 August 2021
First Online: 24 January 2022
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The University of California at San Diego (San Diego, CA, USA) Institutional Review Board was responsible for the ethical oversight of the ABCD study. The secondary analysis of the data was approved by the Research Ethics Committee for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (REC1693).
: Informed consent for children to participate in this study was obtained from their legal guardians.
: Informed consent was given to publish study findings from which the identities of children could not be ascertained.