Huang, Jin-Hong
Chen, Hong
Zhang, Zhi-Cheng http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3679-4992
Gu, Jie
Yan, Li http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5427-2552
Jiang, Meng-Ping
Zheng, Wen-Qi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-3768
Hu, Zhi-De
Jiang, Ting-Wang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-7183
Funding for this research was provided by:
This work was supported by the Science and Development Program of Gusu School, Nanjing Medical University (GSKY20210242)
Article History
Received: 22 November 2022
Accepted: 10 May 2023
First Online: 7 June 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The BUFF study was approved by the ethics committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University (AHIMMU) (No: KY2021014). The SIMPLE study was approved by the ethics committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University (No: 2018011), and the Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Nantong University (No: 2020-KY-009). The ethics committee of the AHIMMU waived the need for informed consent because of its retrospective nature. Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in the SIMPLE study. Both the SIMPLE and BUFF studies were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.