Tong, Xinning
Cui, Shuangnan
Shen, Huiyong
Yao, Xiaoxin Iris
Funding for this research was provided by:
Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (2023A1515110720)
Outstanding Medical Innovation Talent Program of The Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (YXYXCXRC202101)
Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Orthopedic Diseases (2023B110001)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82103909)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2021A1515220132)
Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Program (JCYJ20220530144403007)
Article History
Received: 7 August 2024
Accepted: 25 March 2025
First Online: 3 April 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the North West Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee (MREC) as a Research Tissue Bank (RTB) approval (Reference 16/NW/0274). All participants in this study provided written informed consent during the initial UK Biobank enrolment. This research adhered to the ethical guidelines of the UK Biobank for secondary data use.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.