Ethnicity and the first diagnosis of a wide range of cardiovascular diseases: Associations in a linked electronic health record cohort of 1 million patients

This study was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (RP-PG-0407–10314) and the Wellcome Trust (WT/086091/Z/08/Z). The study was carried out as part of the CArdiovascular disease research using LInked Bespoke studies and Electronic health Records (CALIBER) programme. HH was supported by an award (grant MR/K006584/1) to establish the Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research London at UCLPartners, from the Medical Research Council, Arthritis Research UK, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Chief Scientist Office, Economic and Social Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NIHR), and Wellcome Trust. HH is a NIHR Senior Investigator (NF-SI-0616-10066.). RM was supported by a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust (WT/201375/Z/16/Z). ADS was supported by a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship (WT/0938/30/Z/10/Z). LS was supported by a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science (WT/098504/Z/12/Z). This article presents independent research funded in part by the NIHR