Funding for this research was provided by:
Manatu Hauora | Health Research Council of New Zealand (19/031)
Cancer Research UK (C570/A16491)
Article History
Received: 8 December 2020
Revised: 19 March 2021
Accepted: 1 April 2021
First Online: 16 April 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This research is covered by the approval of the North West Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee (approval number 11/NW/0382). Participants provided informed consent at recruitment. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
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: UK Biobank is an open-access resource, and the study website ExternalRef removed has information on available data and access procedures.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Sandar Tin Tin is supported by the Girdlers’ New Zealand Health Research Council Fellowship (19/031). This research is also supported by Cancer Research UK (C570/A16491 and C8221/A29017).