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Authors
Moisander, Annette M
Pamilo, Konsta
Huopio, Jukka
Kautiainen, Hannu
Kuitunen, Anne
Paloneva, Juha
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Finnish Medical Research Foundation
Finnish Arthroplasty Society
the State Research Funding for university-level health research, Kuopio University Hospital, Wellbeing Service County of North Savo
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Article History
Received: 10 March 2024
Accepted: 26 December 2024
First Online: 30 December 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (protocol number: Dnro: THL/1089/5.05.00/2019) and Statistics Finland (protocol number: Dnro: TK/2800/07.03.00/2022). As this study is based on data from Finnish national health and/or social care registers, specific informed consent from participants was not required, as permitted by Finnish legislation (Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data (552/2019). All data were anonymized before analysis to ensure participant confidentiality.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
