Kim, Hyun Jee
Kim, Yeong Ho
Yook, Hwa Jung
Oh, Hyun Ju
Min, Kyung Hyun
Han, Kyung Do
Park, Yong Gyu
Lee, Young Bok
Lee, Ji Hyun
Article History
Received: 5 November 2024
Accepted: 17 April 2025
First Online: 1 May 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board at Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic University of Korea (UC18ZESI0094). Our study utilized anonymized data provided by the NHIS, thus eliminating the possibility of identifying individual participants. Given this context and the retrospective nature of the study, the requirement for participant consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea (UC18ZESI0094). This waiver was granted on the basis that the study involved minimal risk to participants and the data were used exclusively for research purposes.