Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Otago
Health Research Council of New Zealand (11/121)
Article History
Received: 8 January 2018
Accepted: 21 June 2018
First Online: 9 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Informed consent to participate was obtained from participants of the original studies as described in the papers referenced in the methods section. The original METABRIC study was approved by the ethics Institutional Review Boards in the UK and Canada (Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Guy’s Hospital, London; Nottingham; Vancouver; Manitoba). Ethical approval for access to the METABRIC data was sought and granted from the University of Otago Human Ethics Committee (Approval H16/092).
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