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Hwang, Yu Kyoung
Min, Hyo-Jin
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Article History
Received: 28 January 2026
Accepted: 18 May 2026
First Online: 23 May 2026
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was reviewed by the Institutional Review Board of Chungbuk National University Hospital and determined to be exempt from ethical approval (protocol code CBNUH 2025-12-010). The study involved a secondary analysis of publicly available, de-identified data and included no direct contact with participants or access to personally identifiable information. The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) was approved by the Institutional Review board of Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants at the time of the original survey. (Clinical trial number: Not applicable).
