Bernabeu, Elena http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5848-5720
McCartney, Daniel L.
Gadd, Danni A.
Hillary, Robert F.
Lu, Ake T.
Murphy, Lee
Wrobel, Nicola
Campbell, Archie
Harris, Sarah E.
Liewald, David
Hayward, Caroline
Sudlow, Cathie
Cox, Simon R.
Evans, Kathryn L.
Horvath, Steve
McIntosh, Andrew M.
Robinson, Matthew R.
Vallejos, Catalina A.
Marioni, Riccardo E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (108890/Z/15/Z)
Wellcome Trust (104036/Z/14/Z)
Wellcome Trust (108890/Z/15/Z)
Wellcome Trust (221890/Z/20/Z)
Alzheimer's Society (AS-PG-19b-010)
Alzheimer's Society (AS-PG-19b-010)
Medical Research Council
Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico (PCEGP3-181181)
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00007/10)
Article History
Received: 8 September 2022
Accepted: 6 February 2023
First Online: 28 February 2023
Declarations
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: All components of Generation Scotland received ethical approval from the NHS Tayside Committee on Medical Research Ethics (REC Reference Number: 05/S1401/89). All participants provided broad and enduring written informed consent for biomedical research. Generation Scotland has also been granted Research Tissue Bank status by the East of Scotland Research Ethics Service (REC Reference Number: 15/0040/ES), providing generic ethical approval for a wide range of uses within medical research. This study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki declaration.Ethical approval for the LBC1921 and LBC1936 studies was obtained from the Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee for Scotland (MREC/01/0/56) and the Lothian Research Ethics committee (LREC/1998/4/183; LREC/2003/2/29). In both studies, all participants provided written informed consent. These studies were performed in accordance with the Helsinki declaration.
: Not applicable.
: R.E.M has received a speaker fee from Illumina and is an advisor to the Epigenetic Clock Development Foundation. R.F.H. has received consultant fees from Illumina. R.E.M, R.F.H., and D.A.G. have received consultant fees from Optima partners. A.M.M has previously received speaker fees from Janssen and Illumina and research funding from The Sackler Trust. M.R.R. receives research funding from Boehringer Ingelheim. All other authors declare no competing interests.