Rong, Yan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-6958
Wichart, Jenny http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9477-5776
Hamiwka, Lorraine
Kiang, Tony K. L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4548-9746
Article History
Accepted: 21 June 2023
First Online: 26 July 2023
Declarations
:
: No funding was associated with this study.
: Yan Rong, Jenny Wichart, Lorraine Hamiwka, and Tony Kiang declare that they have no conflict of interests.
: Original data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary (REB19-2080) and the University of Alberta Research Ethics Boards (RES0047102).
: Not applicable due to the retrospective nature of this study as approved by the ethics protocols.
: Granted by the ethics protocols.
: Not applicable.
: All authors contributed to study conception and design. Data collection was performed by JW and LH. Data analysis and model construction were performed by YR and TK. YR prepared the initial manuscript draft and edited subsequent versions based on guidance from TK. All authors edited the manuscript, and the final version was submitted by TK.