Wang, Zhongkai
Wu, Changyong
Zhang, Bingqing
Sun, Huang
Liu, Wenjie
Yang, Yuan
Gu, Ying
Pu, Lifei
Zheng, Lihui
Bao, Suli
Luo, Yihua
Li, Ruijie
Peng, Yunzhu
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Nature Science Foundation of China (82160439)
Yunnan Provincial Training Project of High-level Talents (RLMY-20200001)
Medical leading Talents Training Program of Yunnan Provincial Health Commission (L-2019026)
Article History
Received: 28 February 2025
Accepted: 8 May 2025
First Online: 24 May 2025
Declarations
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: This study used anonymized GBD 2021 data, which complies with the ethical guidelines of the database and established standards for health data sharing. All publicly available GBD data are processed to ensure participant confidentiality. To further protect privacy, contemporary methodologies such as the tiered sensitivity classification system are employed, emphasizing the balance between data accessibility and confidentiality in health research []. As this study involved secondary analysis of anonymized data, no additional ethics approval was required. Nevertheless, we adhered strictly to data security protocols throughout the study.
: This study utilized data from publicly available databases, which do not contain identifiable personal information. Therefore, consent for publication is not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.