Yang, Qian
Article History
Received: 13 November 2024
Accepted: 23 December 2024
First Online: 15 January 2025
Declarations
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: This research used publicly accessible data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), administered by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The NHANES protocol received approval from the NCHS Research Ethics Review Board, with informed consent obtained from all participants before their involvement. As this study used de-identified data for secondary analysis, no further ethical approval was necessary.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.