Cooper, Jennifer
Nirantharakumar, Krishnarajah
Crowe, Francesca
Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Amaya
McCowan, Colin
Jackson, Thomas
Acharya, Aditya
Gokhale, Krishna
Gunathilaka, Niluka
Marshall, Tom
Haroon, Shamil
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR202632, NIHR202632, NIHR202632, NIHR202632, NIHR202632, NIHR202632)
Article History
Received: 10 February 2023
Accepted: 14 September 2023
First Online: 16 October 2023
Declarations
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: This study has scientific approval from CPRD (CPRD Study ID 22_001903). There is overall ethical approval from the NHS Health Research Authority for collection of anonymised data in CPRD Aurum. GP practices consent to share patient data with CPRD for research purposes and individual patients can opt-out of such data-sharing. The informed consent statement was waived by the NHS Health Research Authority (East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee Ethics Committee reference 21/EM/0265) due to the fact that individual patients cannot be identified from the database. Further details about CPRD’s process to safeguard patient data can be found at ExternalRef removed All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: For EHR data: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.