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Miles, Anne
Bhatnagar, Gauraang
Halligan, Steve
Gupta, Arun
Tolan, Damian
Zealley, Ian
Taylor, Stuart A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6765-8806
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Technology Assessment Programme (11/23/01)
Article History
Received: 11 May 2018
Revised: 2 July 2018
Accepted: 12 July 2018
First Online: 20 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Professor Stuart Taylor.
: Stuart Taylor is a research consultant to Robarts.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in the main METRIC trial results paper.
: • prospective• cross-sectional study• multicentre study
: This report presents independent research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC or the HTA programme or the Department of Health.