Ahmed, Haroon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-8548
Davies, Aled
Daniel, Rhian
Noble, Simon
Farewell, Daniel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health and Care Research Wales (NIHR-FS(A)-2020)
Article History
Received: 3 April 2024
Accepted: 8 October 2024
First Online: 13 October 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) for CPRD (protocol number 20_175). The ISAC is a non-statutory expert advisory body providing scientific advice on research requests to access data provided by CPRD. The CPRD database contains coded and anonymised data from GP practices. No identifiable patient information is collected. Therefore, the need for individual consent to participate was waived by the Derby Research Ethics Committee (reference 21/EM/0265).
: Not applicable.
: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at and declare: no support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years, no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.