de Vena Franks, Pablo L.
Pan, Andrew Y.
Gill, Manpreet K.
Cross, Angela M. K.
Konrad, Katy L.
Lightfoot, Nicholas J.
Article History
Received: 23 March 2021
Accepted: 29 August 2021
First Online: 22 September 2021
Declarations
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: This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the methodology followed the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology) statement and checklist. An out of scope exemption was granted from the New Zealand Health and Disability Ethics Committee on the 17th September 2019 following review of the proposed study and methodology. The New Zealand Health and Disability Ethics Committee reference number for the exemption is 19/NTB/155. This study did not involve human participants or human material. Patient laboratory data was, however, used but this data was anonymised appropriately. Furthermore, the study was granted exemption from requiring informed consent for using the anonymised laboratory data, again by the New Zealand Health and Disability Ethics Committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.