Wu, Jing http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6012-2785
Xie, Shitong
He, Xiaoning
Chen, Gang
Bai, Gengliang
Feng, Da
Hu, Ming
Jiang, Jie
Wang, Xiaohui
Wu, Hongyan
Wu, Qunhong
Brazier, John E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (71673197, 71804122)
Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China (201704020198)
Article History
Accepted: 24 December 2020
First Online: 18 February 2021
Declarations
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: This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 71673197 and no. 71804122) and the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China (Grant no. 201704020198).
: JW and XH reported receiving grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China during the conduct of the study. JJ reported receiving grants from the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China during the conduct of the study. JB is one of the developers and holds the patent for SF-6D with royalties paid to the University of Sheffield. SX, GC, GB, DF, MH, XW, HW, and QW have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University (No. 20180615) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Participants were informed about their freedom of refusal. Anonymity and confidentiality were maintained throughout the research process.
: Informed consent for publication was obtained from all individual participants. Participants were informed about their freedom of refusal for data publication. Anonymity and confidentiality were maintained in this publication.
: The predicted values of the 18,750 health states, together with standard errors and 95% confidence intervals, are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: Concept and design: JW, SX, XH, GC, and JB. Acquisition of data: SX, GB, DF, MH, JJ, XW, HW, and QW. Analysis and interpretation of data: JW, SX, XH, GC, and JB. Drafting of the manuscript: JW, SX, and GC. Statistical analysis: SX and GC. Obtaining funding: JW, XH, and JJ. Supervision: JW, JB. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript and approved the final manuscript.