Zhang, Mao
Guo, Rui
Xi, Xinsheng
Li, Hengping
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Research Project of Gansu Provincial Hospital (23GSSYF-20, 23GSSYA-8)
the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (22JR11RA248)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 23 June 2025
First Online: 4 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study used publicly available data from the NHANES. The NHANES protocol received approval from the Research Ethics Review Board of the National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. As a secondary retrospective analysis of de-identified NHANES public data, this study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Gansu Provincial Hospital (Approval No. 2024–828).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.