Funding for this research was provided by:
VHS Medical Center research grant (VHSMC 21003)
Article History
Received: 22 August 2023
Accepted: 19 September 2023
First Online: 4 October 2023
Declarations
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: Myungjin Kim, Seungsoo Rho and Su-Ho Lim declare that they have no conflict of interests.
: The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board (IRB) of Daegu Veterans Health Service Medical Center (IRB no. 2020–10). All participants provided signed informed consent, and the study adhered to the tenets of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki.