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Safari, Farima
Nabavizadeh, Ali
Vardanjani, Hossein Molavi
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Article History
Received: 13 July 2024
Accepted: 6 November 2024
First Online: 18 December 2024
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: This study utilized publicly available deidentified data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2012. As the data analysis was performed on anonymous secondary data, ethics approval and participant consent were not required. The data collection protocols and consent procedures for the NHANES 2007–2012 were approved by the National Center for Health Statistics Research Ethics Review Board (approval number: Protocol #2005-06). Written informed consent was obtained from all NHANES participants prior to enrollment. This study complies fully with the Declaration of Helsinki ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
