Dai, Xingzhu
Dai, Manqiong
Liang, Yuee
Li, Xiaoyu
Zhao, Wanghong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Medical Science and Technology Research Foundation (A2024079)
Science and Technology Projects in Guangzhou (2025A04J4750)
Article History
Received: 1 December 2024
Accepted: 24 March 2025
First Online: 4 April 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in full accordance with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Free-of-Charge Non-commercial User Agreement and Privacy Policy. It is based on publicly available, de-identified data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021, which adheres to the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. As the study did not involve individual-level data or direct human participation, ethical approval and informed consent were not required. The GBD Study has received ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board of the University of Washington.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.