Smyth, L. J.
Kilner, J.
Maxwell, A. P.
McKnight, A. J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_15025)
Science Foundation Ireland and the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland (15/IA/3152)
Public Health Agency R&D Division (STL/4760/13)
Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund Fellowship (Fellowship)
Article History
Received: 25 October 2019
Accepted: 10 December 2019
First Online: 21 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for research involving the ECACC samples was granted by the Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland (ORECNI)—reference number ORECNI 175/23: RO321. Research ethics approval for the GoKinD samples was obtained from the South and West Multicentre Research Ethics Committee (MREC/98/6/71). All participants provided written informed consent for research. No individual level data is being reported in this manuscript.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.