Zhong, Ying
Zhang, Zhiqun
Hu, Youfang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China Grants (82001588, 82001588)
Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province Grant (LY20H040008, LY20H040008)
Article History
Received: 9 May 2023
Accepted: 29 October 2023
First Online: 21 November 2023
Declarations
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: The requirement of ethical approval for this was waived by the Institutional Review Board of The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, because the data was accessed from NHANES (a publicly available database). Written informed consent from the participants' legal guardian/next of kin was waived by the Institutional Review Board of The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University due to retrospective nature of the study. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.