Zhong, Huiqin
Shao, Ya
Chen, Xin
Wang, Na
Zhan, Yan
Gong, Boxiong
Zhang, Rong
Li, Longti
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hubei Provincial Department of Education (22D092)
Shi yan Science and Technology Bureau (22Y44)
Article History
Received: 12 December 2024
Accepted: 3 February 2025
First Online: 27 February 2025
Declarations
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: The study utilized publicly available, de-identified data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which is managed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The NCHS Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved all NHANES data collection protocols, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants by the NCHS at the time of data collection. No additional ethical approval was required for the secondary analysis conducted in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.