Funding for this research was provided by:
Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine (2024yjscx125)
Article History
Received: 18 January 2025
Accepted: 14 March 2025
First Online: 28 March 2025
Declarations
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: Jiahao Xing, Yang Yu, Lin Teng, Xueying Hui, and Weiguang Guo declare that there are no personal, financial, commercial, or academic conflicts 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.