He, Aiqin
Shi, Caifeng
Wu, Xiaomei
Sheng, Yuting
Zhu, Xueting
Yang, Junwei
Zhou, Yang http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0453-4598
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82270760)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20201497)
Article History
Received: 20 September 2023
Accepted: 20 October 2023
First Online: 14 November 2023
Declarations
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: Aiqin He, Caifeng Shi, Xiaomei Wu, Yuting Sheng, Xueting Zhu, Junwei Yang, and Yang Zhou have nothing to declare.
: This study adhered to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the protocols were approved by the ethics committee of Nanjing Medical University (Approval No. 2019KY097). The ethics clearance, information sheet, and consent form were approved by the faculty institutional review board. Study participants were outpatients visiting the department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. We obtained written informed consent from all participants. No identifying information was included in the manuscript.