Szlachetka, Weronika A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2465-029X
Pana, Tiberiu A.
Mamas, Mamas A.
Bettencourt-Silva, Joao H.
Metcalf, Anthony K.
Potter, John F.
McLernon, David J.
Myint, Phyo K. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3852-6158
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Scotland (VAC-1424-2019)
Article History
Received: 18 April 2021
Accepted: 12 July 2021
First Online: 18 August 2021
Declarations
:
: There are no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval was obtained from the Newcastle and Tyneside National Health Service Research Ethics Committee (17/NE/0277) as a research database, which does not require individual patient consent. The protocol of our study was approved by the steering committee of the NNSTR.