Qato, Dima M.
Ozenberger, Katharine
Li, Qingrong
Steinberg, Irving
Article History
Received: 12 March 2026
Accepted: 5 July 2026
First Online: 16 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted using publicly available, de-identified data and was therefore exempt from institutional review board approval. Informed consent was obtained by the NHANES and all analyses were conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.