Hong, Sabrina Nan
Lai, Francisco Tsz Tsun
Wang, Boyuan
Choi, Edmond Pui Hang
Wong, Ian Chi Kei
Lam, Cindy Lo Kuen
Wan, Eric Yuk Fai
Funding for this research was provided by:
start-up fund from the University of Hong Kong
Article History
Received: 23 January 2024
Accepted: 30 May 2024
First Online: 13 June 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong — the Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster. As all data used in this study had been anonymised and retrieved from the Clinical Management System of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, no consent to participate from the patient was required.
: We affirm that that no work resembling the enclosed article is under consideration elsewhere, and none of the paper’s contents have been previously published. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript to be published.
: Competing Interests FTTL has been supported by the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship under the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and has received research grants from the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, outside the submitted work. ICKW reports research funding from Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Janssen, Bayer, GSK, Novartis, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, the Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund, the National Institute for Health Research in England, the European Commission, and the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia, outside the submitted work; and is a non-executive director of Jacobson Medical in Hong Kong and a consultant to IQVIA and World Health Organization. EYFW has received research grants from the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, Narcotics Division, Security Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, and National Natural Science Foundation of China, outside the submitted work. All other authors declare no competing interests.