Li, Yukun http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0516-5480
Liu, Xiaoying
Lv, Wenhe
Wang, Xuesi
Du, Zhuohang
Liu, Xinmeng
Meng, Fanchao
Jin, Shuqi
Wen, Songnan
Bai, Rong
Liu, Nian
Tang, Ribo
Article History
Received: 21 January 2024
Accepted: 13 June 2024
First Online: 26 June 2024
Declarations
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: The National Center for Health Statistics Ethics Review Committee granted ethics approval of NHANES (Protocol No. 98–12 for the 2003–2004 cycle, Protocol No. 2005–06 for the 2005–2010 cycles, Protocol No. 2011–17 for the 2011–2016 cycles, Protocol No. 2018–01 for the 2017–2018 cycle), as detailed on their official site (). NHANES provides open-access data for public use. The analysis in our study is a secondary analysis of NHANES data. Secondary analyses of publicly accessible de-identified datasets are exempt from review by the Research Ethics Committee at our institution (human research ethics committees of Beijing Anzhen Hospital). All individuals signed written informed consent before participating in the NHANES study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.