Hope, Holly http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-6719
Pierce, Matthias http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-0369
Johnstone, Edward D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-8544
Myers, Jenny http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0913-2096
Abel, Kathryn M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-8896
Funding for this research was provided by:
H2020 European Research Council (GA682741)
National Institute for Health Research (111905)
Article History
Received: 26 October 2021
Accepted: 11 February 2022
First Online: 2 April 2022
Declarations
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: The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. The Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) approved the study for Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Database Research (protocol number 17_187). The NHS Health Research Authority’s East Midlands – Derby Research Ethics Committee (reference number 05/MRE04/87) approved all observational research using CPRD patient data.
: Not applicable, this study uses anonymised patient data.
: Not applicable, this study uses anonymised patient data.
: The authors declare no competing interests.