MacKay, James W.
Kapoor, Geeta
Driban, Jeffrey B.
Lo, Grace H.
McAlindon, Timothy E.
Toms, Andoni P.
McCaskie, Andrew W.
Gilbert, Fiona J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Cambridge
Article History
Received: 29 January 2018
Revised: 20 March 2018
Accepted: 22 March 2018
First Online: 2 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Professor Fiona Gilbert.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Two of the authors (JM, AT) have significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts may have been previously reported in other manuscripts (by other groups) using publicly available Osteoarthritis Initiative data. However, none of these studies have performed the analyses described in this manuscript.
: • retrospective• case-control study• multicentre study