Lai, Wenguang
Zhou, Yang
Xiao, Louyi
Zhang, Tingting
He, Wenbiao
He, Junhao
Gu, Wenjun
Lin, Yucui
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Medical Research Foundation (A2024142)
Heyuan People's Hospital's Research and Development Project (YNKT202502)
Article History
Received: 6 April 2026
Accepted: 15 May 2026
First Online: 3 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Informed consent has been obtained from every participant and therefore there was no need for any ethical consent in this study. The NCHS ethics review board has approved the NHANES protocol. All procedures were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
Clinical trial number: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.