Storz, Maximilian Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3277-0301
Kowarschik, Stefanie
Herter, Julian
Huber, Roman
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Article History
Received: 24 February 2025
Accepted: 30 July 2025
First Online: 18 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The present study is negligible risk research that involves existing collections of non-identifiable data about human beings. It is a de-identified secondary analysis of freely available data. Research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the NCHS Research Ethics Review Board (). NHANES was approved by the National Centre for Health Statistics research ethics review board and informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.