Freer, Joseph https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5114-7059
Orr, Joanna
Morris, Joan K.
Walton, Robert
Dunkel, Leo
Storr, Helen L.
Prendergast, Andrew J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research
Wellcome Trust
Barts Charity
Article History
Received: 11 August 2022
Accepted: 24 November 2022
First Online: 5 December 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the MCS was granted by the NHS Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee (MREC): MREC03/2/022 (3 years), 05/MRE02/46 (5 years), 11/YH/0203 (11 years), 13/LO/1786 (14 years) and 17/NE/0341 (17 years). Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) approval for the current analysis was not required. Written informed consent was obtained from parents, and where appropriate, children and young people prior to data collection in the MCS. More information on the informed consent procedures is here: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MCS-Ethical-Approval-and-Consent-2019.pdf. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.