Shim, Jung-Woo
Cho, Yun Jeong
Kim, Minhee
Hong, Sang Hyun
Moon, Hyong Woo
Hong, Sung Hoo
Chae, Min Suk http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1426-4651
Article History
Received: 25 August 2020
Accepted: 17 November 2020
First Online: 23 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This was a prospective, observational parallel-cohort trial. The protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Ethics Committee (approval no. KC20OISI0124) on April 29, 2020. The study was performed in accordance with all relevant principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was prospectively registered on a publicly accessible clinical registration site recognized by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (Clinical Research Information Service, Republic of Korea; approval no. KCT0005040) on May 20, 2020. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients enrolled between May and July, 2020. The study adhered to Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.