Kim, Ji-Won http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2827-0884
Lee, Eunyoung A.
Kim, Hyoun-Ah http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2609-3367
Suh, Chang-Hee http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6156-393X
Jung, Ju-Yang http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7313-0795
Article History
Accepted: 27 February 2022
First Online: 29 March 2022
Declarations
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: This work was supported by the new faculty research fund of Ajou University School of Medicine and a grant from the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (Grant number: HI16C0992).
: Ji-Won Kim, Eunyoung A Lee, Hyoun-Ah Kim, Chang-Hee Suh and Ju-Yang Jung have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: This research complied with the Helsinki Declaration. Informed consent was obtained from all enrolled participants. The same informed consent form and study protocol were provided to the independent institutional review boards/ethics committees (IRB/EC) at each medical centre, and each IRB/EC reviewed the appropriateness of the protocol, risks, and benefits to the study participants. Ultimately, the IRB/EC independently approved this study without revision of the informed consent form or study protocol.
: All study participants provided informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: Data cannot be shared publicly because the Korean College of Rheumatology owns the data. Data are available from the Clinical Research Committee of KOBIO registry under the Korean College of Rheumatology for researchers who meet the criteria for access to confidential data. To request data, please contact Kichul Shin, MD, PhD Director, Korean College of Rheumatology Biologics Registry Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology Director of Logistics Planning SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center 20 Boramae-ro-5-gil, Dongjak-gu Seoul, 07061, Korea Tel 822 870 3204 Fax 822 870 3866, Email kideb1@snu.ac.kr
: Not applicable.
: JWK contributed to the study design and assessment plan, manuscript conceptualization and development, and critically revised the manuscript. EL contributed to method development and testing and the data analysis and interpretation. HAK and CHS contributed to the study design and assessment plan and to manuscript development. JYJ contributed to the study design and assessment plan; data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation; and manuscript conceptualization, development, and writing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.