Jin, Tonglong https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5749-7943
Tang, Xiaogang https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5126-7851
Han, Yang
Fan, Haiqing
Qin, Qi
Jiang, Hui https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7731-1542
Chen, Zhaoyao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8441-5355
Li, Wenlei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5022-3179
Zhu, Yuan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-188X
Wu, Minghua https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6701-8825
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Key Medical Research Project of Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission (K2023009)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82474435)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82274428)
Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation (BK20241996)
the Project of National Clinical Research Base of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jiangsu Province (JD2023SZ)
Jiangsu Province Administration of Chinese Medicine (ZT202102)
Article History
Received: 22 October 2025
Accepted: 4 January 2026
First Online: 12 January 2026
Declarations
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: The CHARLS study adhered to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Peking University (IRB 00001052–11015). All participants provided written informed consent prior to CHARLS participation. This study followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines for cohort studies.
: The authors declare no competing interests.