Wei, Shuwu https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9685-7019
Zhang, Jiale
Zheng, Huijuan
Jiang, Weimin
Yang, Jie
Wang, Yaoxian
Chen, Weihong
Sun, Weiwei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizontal Research Project of Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (2017110021000276)
Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Qi-huang famous doctor training program (Y2023B08)
Article History
Received: 30 December 2024
Accepted: 5 May 2025
First Online: 14 June 2025
Declarations
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: Shuwu Wei, Jiale Zhang, Huijuan Zheng, Weimin Jiang, Jie Yang, Yaoxian Wang, Weihong Chen, and Weiwei Sun declare no competing interests.
: The NHANES protocols were approved by the National Center for Health Statistics and the Ethics Review Board, with written informed consent obtained from all participants.
: This study was based on publicly available data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). All participants provided written informed consent, and the survey protocols were approved by the NCHS Research Ethics Review Board. Since this research involved only secondary analysis of anonymized data, no additional ethical approval was required.