Dooley, Niamh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3161-3996
Healy, Colm
Brannigan, Ross
Cotter, David
Clarke, Mary
Cannon, Mary
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science Foundation Ireland (16/RC/3948415)
Health Research Board (HRB ILP POR 2019–005, ILP-PHR-2019-009, HRA-PHR-2015–1130, SDAP-2019-026)
Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (COALESCE/2019/61)
European Research Council (iHEAR 724809)
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2340D)
Wellcome Trust (220438Z/20/Z)
European Regional Development Fund
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Article History
Accepted: 19 August 2022
First Online: 17 September 2022
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The ABCD and GUI studies were performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The University of California at San Diego (San Diego, CA, USA) Institutional Review Board was responsible for the ethical oversight of the ABCD study. Ethical approval for GUI was granted by the research ethics committee of the Health Research Board in Ireland. The secondary analysis of both datasets was approved by the Research Ethics Committee for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (REC1693).
: Informed consent for children to participate in the GUI and ABCD studies was obtained from their legal guardians.
: Informed consent was given to publish study findings from which the identities of children could not be ascertained.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose