Rikkonen, T. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5948-1222
Poole, K.
Sirola, J.
Sund, R.
Honkanen, R.
Kröger, H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
American Society of bone and mineral research (Young investigator award)
Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö (Fellowship grant)
Finnish Cultural Foundation (65151658)
Article History
Received: 22 February 2018
Accepted: 24 May 2018
First Online: 2 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study has been approved by the Kuopio university hospital ethics committee on October 28, 1986, and is performed in accordance with the ethical standards by the Declaration of Helsinki. Oral and written information have been provided before the onset of data collection.
: TR received grants for the study from American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (Young Investigator Award), Sigrid Juselius Foundation, and North Savo Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation. KP acknowledges the support of the Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. The funding body had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.KP has within the last 5 years undertaken scientific advisory board work and educational lectures for Amgen, UCB, Radius, and Lilly through Cambridge Enterprise, the consultancy arm of the University of Cambridge. In accordance with the Ethics Commission, KP gifts all fees for these activities anonymously to various charities. JS reports grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation (The North Savo Regional Fund) and personal fees from Zimmer, Depuy Synthes, and Astra Zeneca. HK reports lecture and advisory board fees from Amgen Ltd. and Eli Lilly Ltd.
: None.