Acknowledgements: This work was funded by NHS Grampian. We thank NHS Grampian who provided data and also the Grampian Data Safe Haven, who hosted the data and provided data management support and the linkage service. We acknowledge the support from The Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, Scotland. The Farr Institute is supported by a 10-funder consortium: Arthritis Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Medical Research Council, the National Institute of Health Research, the National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (Welsh Assembly Government), the Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Government Health Directorates), the Wellcome Trust, (MRC Grant Nos: Scotland MR/K007017/1). We also acknowledge the support of our Study Steering Committee, which included clinical, epidemiological and health intelligence representation. Funding: The study was funded by NHS Grampian, Public Health Directorate.
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