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Identification of phenotypes with different clinical outcomes in knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.
Arthritis care & research - 1 Nov 2011
Knoop Jesper, van der Leeden Marike, Thorstensson Carina A, Roorda Leo D, Lems Willem F, Knol Dirk L, Steultjens Martijn P M, Dekker Joost
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OBJECTIVE: To identify subgroups or phenotypes of knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients based on similarities of clinically relevant patient characteristics, and to compare clinical outcomes of these phenotypes. METHODS: Data from 842 knee OA patients of the Osteoarthritis Initiative were used. A cluster analysis method was performed, in which clusters were formed based on similarities in 4 clinically relevant,...
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