Gharahkhani, Puya http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4203-5952
Ong, Jue-Sheng http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6062-710X
An, Jiyuan
Law, Matthew H.
Whiteman, David C.
Neale, Rachel E.
MacGregor, Stuart
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (1123248, 1123248, 1123248, 1123248, 1123248)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2018
Revised: 3 January 2019
Accepted: 10 January 2019
First Online: 8 February 2019
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the National Research Ethics Service Committee North West—Haydock, and all study procedures were performed in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki ethical principles for medical research.
: All participants provided informed written consent.
: The UK Biobank data are available through the UK Biobank Access Management System (ExternalRef removed).
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