Cheng, Xiaomeng
Hu, Yuanlong
Ruan, Zhishen
Zang, Guodong
Chen, Xianhai
Qiu, Zhanjun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2020MH392)
National Natural Science Foundation of China-Shandong Joint Fund for Marine Science Research Centers (ZR2021LZY027)
Jinan Science and Technology Innovation Development Program (202134065)
Article History
Received: 31 August 2022
Accepted: 16 January 2023
First Online: 31 January 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013). NHANES was approved by the Ethics Review Board of the National Center for Health Statistics (Protocol #98-12, Protocol #2005-06, Protocol #2011-17, and Protocol #2018-01, ). All information from the NHANES program is available and free for public, so the agreement of the medical ethics committee board was not necessary.
: All participants provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.