Shan, Donggang
Yan, Chenze
Jia, Zhong
Article History
Received: 4 September 2024
Accepted: 1 January 2025
First Online: 5 January 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The research was examined and approved by the NCHS Ethics Review Board. The participants provided written, informed consent to participate in the NHANES study. The NHANES 2001–2004 was approved by the NCHS Research Ethics Review Board (Protocol #98 − 12). Our study utilized anonymized, publicly available data and did not involve animal or human clinical trials, therefore, it was exempt from additional ethics committee approval. The Ethics Review Committee of Hangzhou First People’s Hospital affiliated to Westlake University Medical School exempted the study.