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Dr. Bloom has nothing to disclose. Dr. Quint reports grants and personal fees from Insmed, during the conduct of the study; grants from MRC, grants from Wellcome Trust, grants from British Lung Foundation, grants and personal fees from GSK, grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, grants from Royal College of Physicians, personal fees from Chiesi, personal fees from Teva, outside the submitted work.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Conflict of interest"}},{"value":"The protocol for this research was approved by the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) for MHRA Database Research (protocol number 17_113R) and the approved protocol was made available to the journal and reviewers during peer review. Following initial approval, an amendment was also submitted to ISAC and approved (protocol 17_113RA), expanding the analysis to more respiratory diseases. 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