Zhang, Jingyuan
Ke, Yong
Chen, Chi
Jiang, Zhihao
Liu, Heng
Liu, Yanhong
Cao, Hong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hubei Medical College 2023 Graduate Research Innovation Fund Project (YC2024050)
Article History
Received: 23 December 2024
Accepted: 10 June 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study utilizes publicly available data from the GBD database, managed by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The GBD database provides de-identified, aggregated data on health metrics to support research and analysis. As such, this study does not involve identifiable human participants or personally sensitive information; therefore, no additional ethical approval was required. All methods and analyses adhered to the ethical guidelines and data-use policies IHME and the GBD set forth. The results and interpretations presented here are based on the data provided by IHME and do not imply endorsement by the Institute.