Karaman, M. Muge
Tang, Lei
Li, Ziyu
Sun, Yu
Li, Jia-Zheng
Zhou, Xiaohong Joe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0793-4925
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC0910700)
Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Z180001)
Natural Science Foundation of China (91959205)
Article History
Received: 25 July 2020
Revised: 21 December 2020
Accepted: 18 January 2021
First Online: 22 February 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Xiaohong Joe Zhou.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: The co-first author, Dr. M. Muge Karaman, has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants in this study.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• cross-sectional study• performed at one institution