Yang, Bowen
Bi, Junming
Zeng, Weinan
Chen, Mingquan
Yao, Zhihao
Cheng, Shouyu
Jiang, Zhaoqiang
Zhang, Changzheng
Liao, Hangyu
Gu, Xiaokang
Xian, Zhiyong
Yu, Yuming
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2021A1515111219, 2021A1515111219)
Department of Finance of Guangdong Province (KS0120220268, KS0120220268, KS0120220268, KS0120220268, KS0120220268, KS0120220268, KS0120220268, KS0120220268, KS0120220268)
Bureau of Science and Technology of Ganzhou Municipality (2023LNS26880)
Article History
Received: 8 September 2024
Accepted: 17 April 2025
First Online: 29 April 2025
Declarations
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: The authors affirm that they do not possess any identifiable personal relationships or competing financial interests that might have appeared to exert an influence on the research presented in this article.
: The study utilized data from publicly accessible sources and was ethically approved.
: The data used in this study from the Biobank Japan (BBJ) and the Singapore Chinese Health Study (SCHS) were collected with informed consent from all participants. Participants were fully informed about the study objectives, procedures, potential risks, and benefits, and they willingly agreed to participate in the original studies. Consent included the use of their data for future research purposes, which encompasses the Mendelian randomization analysis conducted in this study. Our use of the data aligns with the scope of the original informed consent and ethical guidelines.