Fung, Lydia WY
Yan, Vincent KC
Kwan, Christine
Kwok, WC
Lam, David CL
McDonald, Christine F
Bloom, Chloe I
Wong, Ian CK
Chan, Esther W
Funding for this research was provided by:
AstraZeneca Hong Kong
Article History
Received: 31 May 2023
Accepted: 25 April 2024
First Online: 14 May 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong/Hong Kong West Cluster (UW-20-873). Informed consent has been waived by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong/Hong Kong West Cluster for this study because the data involved were de-identified. This study followed the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) statement checklists to guide transparent reporting of the cohort study. All the procedures were followed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: CB receives funding from National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR UK) and Asthma and Lung UK. ICKW receives research funding outside the submitted work from Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Janssen, Bayer, GSK, Novartis, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, National Institute for Health Research in England, European Commission, and the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia; has received speaker fees from Janssen and Medice in the previous 3 years; and is an independent non-executive director of Jacobson Medical in Hong Kong. EWC has received grants from Research Grants Council (RGC, Hong Kong), Research Fund Secretariat of the Food and Health Bureau, National Natural Science Fund of China, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Janssen, Novartis, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Takeda, the RGA Reinsurance Company, Hong Kong, Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the National Health and Medical Research Council Australia; consulting fees from AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Novartis, and honorarium from the Hospital Authority Hong Kong, outside the submitted work. All other authors declare no competing interests.