Jian, Jieming
Zhang, Rui
Dong, Yuan
Zheng, Hongting
Liao, Xiaoyu
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82230025, No. 82370815)
the Special Program for Basic Research Frontier of Military Medicine of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (No. 2019YQYLY002)
the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (No. cstc2021jcyj-msxmX0465)
the Talent Project for Young Doctor of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (No. 2022YQB057)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2024
Accepted: 30 December 2024
First Online: 7 January 2025
Declarations
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: The NHANES protocol (Protocol number: 2018-01) was examined and approved by the Research Ethics Review Board of the National Center for Health Statistics and adhered to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki. Since the NHANES data released by the NCHS undergo de-identification and anonymization during analysis, conducting secondary analyses on this dataset does not necessitate additional ethical approval or informed consent. The NHANES website provides access to the approval granted by the NCHS Research Ethics Review Board ().
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Each patient/participant had completed a written statement of informed consent before taking part.