Xiao, Yi
Luo, Xian
Fu, Yinghao
Huang, Haijuan
Gao, Qiaoping
Liu, Jiansong
Pang, Daxin
Liang, Xiaolu
Chen, Huadi
Xu, Hao
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Research Start-up Program for High-level Talents of the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University (1033Z20230050)
the Guangdong Basic and Applied Research Program (2024A1515110071)
Article History
Received: 25 April 2025
Accepted: 23 August 2025
First Online: 24 September 2025
Declarations
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: The NHANES survey protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the National Center for Health Statistics and conducted in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent prior to their participation. The present study involved secondary analysis of publicly available, de-identified NHANES data, and thus did not require additional ethical approval.
: All authors have provided their consent for publication of this manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this study. This work was funded by the Research Start-up Program for High-level Talents of the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University (1033Z20230050) and supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Research Program (2024A1515110071).