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Kim, Nam Kyeong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6345-3603
Lee, Soo Hyun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1863-8371
Kim, Kyoung-Hoon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-3166
Kim, Min Ju https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5126-4317
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Hong, Gyeong-U https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7003-1458
Sim, Woo-Jeong https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0975-2669
Kim, Se Ik https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-6735
Kong, Tae-Wook https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9007-565X
Kwon, Byung Su https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9586-0200
Park, Sung Taek https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-4532
So, Kyeong A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3566-8436
Lee, Won Moo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3433-9478
Lee, Jung-Yun https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7948-1350
Jeong, Dae Hoon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-5763
Choi, Min Chul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4509-6731
Choi, Youn Jin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4699-2116
Lee, Jae-Kwan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3101-6403
Min, Kyung-Jin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5783-4968
Yu, Su-Yeon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5488-5068
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (2023-10-012)
Article History
Received: 22 November 2025
Accepted: 6 April 2026
First Online: 27 April 2026
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Central Research Ethics Committee of Kongju National University (approval number: KNU_IRB_2023-49), Additional institutional review board approvals from participating hospitals are summarized in Additional File 1. All the participants provided informed consent to participate in the study. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and national guidelines and regulations.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.