Zhang, Youjie
Liu, Minghui
Zhu, Zewu
Chen, Hequn
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82170781)
Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2021JJ31050)
Article History
Received: 27 August 2023
Accepted: 24 April 2024
First Online: 2 May 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted according to the guideline laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki, and all procedures involving study participants were approved by the Institutional Review Board of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Ethical review and approval were waived for this study as it solely used publicly available data for research and publication. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the NHANES.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.