Mei, Yangyang
Li, Yangmeina
Zhang, Bo http://orcid.org/0009-0000-7452-5510
Xu, Renfang
Feng, Xingliang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-0301
Article History
Received: 19 February 2024
Revised: 18 June 2024
Accepted: 24 June 2024
First Online: 4 July 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The NHANES Research Ethics Review Committee approved the NHANES survey protocol (NCHS IRB/ERB Protocol No. #98-12), and all study participants provided informed written consent. The NHANES database is publicly accessible, rendering ethical review for this study exempt.