Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82374382, 82274293)
Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (7244487)
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongzhimen Hospital clinical research and achievement transformation ability to enhance the pilot project (DZMG-XZYY-23002)
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine unveiled the list of key projects (2023-JYB-JBZD-037)
Article History
Received: 23 October 2024
Accepted: 5 December 2024
First Online: 10 February 2025
Declarations
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: Shaowei Ding, Jinrui Sun is, Lin Wang, Ling Wu and Weijing Liu state that there is no personal, financial, business or academic conflict of interest.
: This study was secondary research using NHANES data, which is a publicly available de-identified data source. As such, institutional review board review or formal consent from participants to release or publish the information is not applicable. Ethical approval for the NHANES study was obtained from the NCHS Research Ethics Review Board (NHANES–NCHS Research Ethics Review Board Approval; ). This study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its later amendments.