Hu, Feng
Fu, Fayuan
Chen, Hui
Zeng, Xinjie
Wang, Jing
Lin, Chaoyang
Jiang, Yufang
Fan, Lin
Luo, Yukun
Funding for this research was provided by:
the talent start-up capital program of Fujian Medical University Union Hospital (2023XH027)
the Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2024J08178)
the start-up Fund for Scientific Research, Fujian Medical University (2023QH1035)
the Science and Technology Innovation Joint Fund Project of Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Department (2020Y9068, 2023Y9183)
the Key Discipline Construction Program of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Fujian Province (NO.2024-363)
Article History
Received: 16 November 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 28 January 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approvals for NHANES were provided by the National Center for Health Statistics Ethics Review Board. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects prior to participation in the study. Similarly, ethical approvals for the UK Biobank were provided by National Research Ethics Service North West (No.: 21/NW/0157), and all participants provided written informed consent. The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Fujian Medical University Union Hospital (Approval ID: 2025KJT090).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.