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Fitton, Catherine A.
Woodward, Mark
Belch, Jill JF.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sir John Fisher Foundation
The Northwood Trust
The Miller Bequest
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Article History
Received: 13 February 2024
Revised: 2 September 2024
Accepted: 12 September 2024
First Online: 1 October 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the National Health Service Scotland Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care. Reference 1516-0578/2223-0068. For the original clinical study ethical approval was received in 1984 from the Tayside Ethics Committee, approval no 39/84. All participants gave informed consent in writing at time of recruitment for their blood to be taken and data to be used for study purposes. Participants also gave permission for long term follow up via record linkage. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
