Liu, Yang S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-8056
Pierce, Derek V.
Metes, Dan
Song, Yipeng
Kiyang, Lawrence
Wang, Mengzhe
Dong, Kathryn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0843-4618
Eurich, Dean T.
Patten, Scott https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9871-4041
Greiner, Russell https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8327-934X
Zhang, Yanbo
Hayward, Jake
Greenshaw, Andrew
Article History
Received: 19 August 2024
Revised: 13 March 2025
Accepted: 25 March 2025
First Online: 14 April 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The present study was approved by the University of Alberta Health Ethics Board (Pro00072946). Informed consent was waived due to the minimal risks of secondary analysis, as the Ministry of Health had already anonymized the cross-linked data before analysis. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.