Feng, Qi
Izzi-Engbeaya, Chioma N
Woodward, Mark
Manousou, Pinelopi
Article History
Received: 9 June 2026
Accepted: 16 August 2026
First Online: 21 August 2026
Declarations
Ethical approval and consent to participate: UK Biobank has approval from the North West Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee (MREC) as a Research Tissue Bank (RTB) approval. This approval means that researchers do not require separate ethical clearance and can operate under the RTB approval.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.