Sun, Chen https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8994-0280
Qu, Jianyu
Liu, Taotao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-4334
Funding for this research was provided by:
National high-level hospital clinical research fundin
Article History
Received: 9 March 2025
Revised: 13 January 2026
Accepted: 23 January 2026
First Online: 30 January 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods concerning human participants in our study were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards laid out in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments. Ethical approval for all waves of the CHARLS study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Peking University. The IRB approval number for the main household survey, including anthropometrics, is IRB00001052-11015. The IRB approval number for biomarkers collection is IRB00001052-11014. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Beijing Hospital, The IRB approval number for this study is 2024BJYYEC-KY294-01. Written signed informed consent was obtained at recruitment from all participants, including legal representatives for illiterate participants.
: All authors approved the final manuscript and the submission to this journal.