Kim, Hong Jin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8162-9585
Kim, Min-Ho https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4909-2308
Choi, Myeong Geun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-1993
Chun, Eun Mi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-2722
Article History
Received: 11 July 2025
Accepted: 21 August 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of our institute (IRB No.: EUMC 2023-07-003), which waived the requirement for informed consent because data analyses were performed retrospectively using anonymized data derived from the South Korean NHIS database.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.