Jiang, Rui
Zhu, Qiaochu
Jiang, Qianping
Zhao, Tianci
Zhou, Jing https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8336-7278
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Joint Fund for Innovation and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2026AFC0895)
the Science and Technology Project of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (GZY-KJS-2025-008)
Article History
Received: 21 May 2026
Accepted: 3 September 2026
First Online: 12 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study used publicly available, anonymous, aggregate-level mortality registry data from the CDC WONDER database and did not involve identifiable individual-level information or direct contact with human participants. Therefore, institutional review board approval and informed consent were not required.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.