Wu, Hsin-Yun
Chang, Chuen-Chau
Yeh, Chun-Chieh
Chen, Ming-Yao
Cherng, Yih-Giun
Chen, Ta-Liang
Liao, Chien-Chang
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST110-2314-B-038-108-MY2)
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan,Taiwan (MOST108-2320-B-214-003-MY3)
Article History
Received: 25 January 2022
Accepted: 28 October 2022
First Online: 21 November 2022
Declarations
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: We conducted this study in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. To protect personal privacy, the electronic database was decoded and patient identifications were scrambled for further public access for research. The requirement of informed consent to participate was deemed unnecessary according to the regulations of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The requirement of informed consent to participate was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Taipei Medical University that also evaluated and approved this study (TMU-JIRB-202203134; TMU-JIRB-201905042; TMU-JIRB-201902053; TMU-JIRB-201705063).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.