Kim, Jiyun https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5182-0242
Choi, Sookja https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-6891
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020R1F1A1076167)
Article History
Received: 3 June 2024
Accepted: 26 November 2024
First Online: 23 December 2024
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Gachon University (IRB No. 1044396-202203-HR-073-01), and permission to analyze the data remotely was provided by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). Access to the National Health Insurance Sharing Service database (NHISS) for research purposes was provided only through legal procedures after deliberation (NHIS-2022-2-362). In addition, it was impossible to confirm the patient’s personal information because the information was provided to researchers already encrypted. The ethics committees of Gachon University have waived the requirement to obtain informed consent.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
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