Assessing the causal associations of different types of statins use and knee/hip osteoarthritis: A Mendelian randomization study

• Xin Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Chen, Xin Huang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China

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• Xin Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Chen, Xin Huang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China

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• Youqun Liu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Xiangan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China

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• Zhiwei Zhang,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China

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• Jiliang Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fjmujiliangchen@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Mindong Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuan, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7543-4122

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