Yeo, Cha Dong
Kim, Jong Seung
Lee, Tae-Eun
Lee, Haeng-Jin
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (2021R1G1A1009844)
Article History
Received: 16 November 2025
Accepted: 23 September 2026
First Online: 28 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Jeonbuk National University Hospital (IRB No. 2021-09-041). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Jeonbuk National University Hospital because the study used de-identified administrative claims data and no personally identifiable information was accessed. All methods were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.