Hamilton, Ashleigh C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-1282
Donnelly, David W.
Loughrey, Maurice B.
Turkington, Richard C.
Fox, Colin
Fitzpatrick, Deirdre
O’Neill, Ciaran E.
Gavin, Anna T.
Coleman, Helen G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
HSC R&D Division, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland
Article History
Received: 2 December 2020
Revised: 28 May 2021
Accepted: 17 June 2021
First Online: 1 July 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: 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).
: Not applicable—no identifiable individual data in the manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.