Luo, Shan
Lam, Hugh Simon
Chan, Yap Hang
Tang, Clara Sze Man
He, Baoting
Kwok, Man Ki
Leung, Gabriel M.
Schooling, C Mary
Au Yeung, Shiu Lun http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6136-1836
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health and Medical Research Fund (CFS-HKU1, 17181271, 07181916)
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (Preemptive retention/ Start up fund)
Article History
Received: 21 June 2023
Accepted: 16 October 2023
First Online: 31 October 2023
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study, including comprehensive health-related analyses, was obtained from the University of Hong Kong, Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster Joint Institutional Review Board (UW19-829). Informed written consent was obtained from the parents/guardians, or from the participant if 18 years or older, before participation in the Biobank clinical follow-up. No ethics approval was required for the analyses using summary statistics from GLGC and Biobank Japan. The contributing studies to these consortia received ethical approval from their specific institutional review boards, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.