Wang, Shu Yi
Zhang, Wei Sen
Jiang, Chao Qiang
Jin, Ya Li
Zhu, Tong
Zhu, Feng
Xu, Lin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of China (81941019)
The University of Hong Kong Foundation for Educational Development and Research (SN/1f/HKUF-DC; C20400.28505200)
the Health Medical Research Fund (HMRF/13143241)
Guangzhou Public Health Bureau (201102A211004011)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong (2018A030313140)
the University of Birmingham, UK
Article History
Received: 27 July 2022
Accepted: 21 March 2023
First Online: 29 March 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Guangzhou Medical Ethics Committee of the Chinese Medical Association. All participants provided written informed consent before participation. All methods in this study were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: SYW, LX, CQJ, WSZ, TZ, YLJ, and ZF have substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of funding, data and interpretation of data; SYW analyzed the data, SYW, LX and WSZ drafted the article, LX and WSZ revised it critically for important intellectual content, and all authors contributed to final approval of the paper.