De Backer, Kaat https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-2808
Seed, Paul
Burton, Sam https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-3275
Montgomery, Elsa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4193-1261
Sandall, Jane https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-743X
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Easter, Abigail https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4462-6537
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR302565)
NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South London
Medical Research Council (MR/23/SC/0116)
Article History
Received: 22 May 2025
Accepted: 8 September 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Change Date: 16 December 2025
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The original online version of this article was revised: the authors identified an error in Fig. 4. The correct figure is given below. The original article has been corrected.
Change Date: 27 December 2025
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-08476-1
Declarations
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: In accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, the eLIXIR data-linkage project has an opt-out consent approach to collect clinical patient data from two maternity care providers (Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Hospital Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) and mental health data from the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) Mental Health Trust. Linkage to primary care data is also undertaken, The Early Life Cross Linkage in Research, Born in South London (eLIXIR-BiSL) partnership has ethical approval granted by the Oxford Central Research Ethics Committee (23/SC/0116) The present study was approved by the eLIXIR Oversight Committee in May 2022 (DL036).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.