Song, Yujin
Cha, Hoyoung
Baik, Jongjin
Jun, Changhyun
Kim, Seokjoong
Kim, Minjeong
Jung, Sun-Young
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (RS-2021-NR060085)
Article History
Received: 15 December 2023
Accepted: 30 May 2025
First Online: 2 July 2025
Declarations
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: The study design and data analysis protocol were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the National Medical Center (IRB No. 2023-06-069; IRB examination exemption approval 2023-06-22). This study meets the Helsinki Declaration based ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This study was conducted with the informed consent of all participants and utilized statistical data from Korea Disease and Prevention Agency.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.