Hulander, Erik https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3416-2748
Zverkova Sandström, Tatiana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-2354
Beckman Rehnman, Jeannette https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6509-9644
Law, Lucy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8129-8771
Söderberg, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-1306
Forsblad-d’Elia, Helena https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7871-5303
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Felix Neubergh’s Foundation
The Swedish Association Against Rheumatism
Rune och Ulla Amlövs Foundation (2023-408)
Sahlgrenska University Hospitals Research Foundations (SU-984586)
The Swedish Research Council (2016-02035)
King Gustaf Vth 80-year Foundation (FAI-2017-0454)
Västerbotten’s Association Against Rheumatism
The Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils, the ALF agreement (ALFVLL-640251, ALFGBG-938395, ALFGBG-965333)
The Norrland’s Heart Foundation
Mats Kleberg’s Foundation
The Margareta Rheuma research foundation
University of Gothenburg
Article History
Received: 27 March 2023
Accepted: 26 July 2023
First Online: 7 August 2023
Declarations
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: All procedures in this study were performed in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by local ethical boards. The Backbone study was approved as a single-center study by the ethical committee in Umeå, Sweden (registration 2016/208–31). The SCAPIS study was approved as a multicenter trial by the ethical committee in Umeå, Sweden (registration 2010–228-31 M).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.