van Santen, James A.
Pereira, Claudio
Sanchez-Santos, Maria T.
Cooper, Cyrus
Arden, Nigel K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Oxford
Article History
Received: 3 September 2018
Accepted: 6 May 2019
First Online: 25 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: A local NHS Research Ethics Committee (South Central—Oxford C Research Ethics Committee; ref: 16/SC/0187) provided ethical approval for the study and all required authorisations were attained prior to the start of the study. Participants received written and oral information regarding the study at least 24 h prior to providing consent. Participant informed consent was acquired for all subjects in person, in writing, and on the same day when the DXA scan was performed.
: JAvS, CP, MTSS: None. CC received grants from NIHR HS&DR during the conduct of the study and personal fees from Servier, Amgen, Eli Lilly, Merck, Medtronic, and Novartis, outside of the submitted work. NA received honorariums from Bioventus, Flexion, and Regeneron and is a consultant for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He has received grants from Bioiberica and Merck outside the submitted work.