Nijhof, Dewy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242
Sosenko, Filip https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-173X
Ward, Laura McKernan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0880-0662
Cairns, Deborah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-1554
Hughes, Laura https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9498-8045
Rydzewska, Ewelina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9749-3133
Article History
Accepted: 31 March 2025
First Online: 16 May 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The North-East—Newcastle and North Tyneside 2 research ethics committee provided ethical approval for the CVD-COVID-UK/COVID-IMPACT research programme (REC No 20/NE/0161) to access, within secure trusted research environments, unconsented, whole-population, de-identified data from electronic health records collected as part of patients’ routine healthcare.
: The need for informed consent was waived by the North-East—Newcastle and North Tyneside 2 research ethics committee. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.