Quhill, Hibba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3857-3168
Jefferis, Joanna M.
Rennie, Ian G.
Salvi, Sachin M.
Gavin, Anna
Fitzpatrick, Deirdre
Savage, Gerard
Curragh, David
Rundle, Paul
Article History
Received: 17 November 2021
Revised: 4 November 2022
Accepted: 2 December 2022
First Online: 9 December 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval for the NICR databases (including the waiving of requirement for individual patient consent) and data analysis has been granted by the Office for Research Ethics Committees of Northern Ireland (ORECNI reference 15/NI/0203), recently renewed in October 2020 (REC REF 20-NI- 0132). This study complies with the declaration of Helsinki.