Shen, Ruihua
Lin, Ling
Bin, Zexuan
Qiao, Xi
Article History
Received: 25 April 2024
Accepted: 8 July 2024
First Online: 17 July 2024
Declarations
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: The Research Ethics Review Board of the National Center for Health Statistics examined and authorized the studies involving human subjects in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). All methods and procedures were conducted in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations (Declaration of Helsinki). The patients/participants provided their written informed consent to participate in NHANES. Our study used publicly available deidentified data from the NHANES website () and waived informed consent.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.