Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science and Technology Council (project numbers 113-2311-B-002 -012 -)
Article History
Received: 20 June 2025
Revised: 18 August 2025
Accepted: 2 September 2025
First Online: 24 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study represents a secondary analysis of publicly available, de-identified data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) database and was deemed exempt from review by the National Taiwan University Hospital Research Ethics Committee (NTUH-REC No. 202205031W).The original OAI study protocol, amendments, and informed consent documentation were reviewed and approved by the institutional review boards at all participating clinical centers. Written informed consent was obtained from all 4796 OAI participants prior to each clinical visit during the original data collection period (2004–2015).
: This study utilized publicly available, de-identified data from the OAI database. Informed consent for the original data collection was obtained by the OAI investigators from all participants during the original study.
: This study involved analysis of publicly available, de-identified datasets. No individual participant data that could lead to identification is presented in this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.