Chen, Jiade
Zhang, Fan
Zhang, Yuan
Lin, Ziqiang
Deng, Kaisheng
Hou, Qingqin
Li, Lixia
Gao, Yanhui
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (2021B1111610004)
Article History
Received: 9 August 2023
Accepted: 25 January 2024
First Online: 22 February 2024
Declarations
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: All methods concerning human participants in our study were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards laid out in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments. Ethical approval for all waves of the CHARLS study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Peking University. The IRB approval number for the main household survey, including anthropometrics, is IRB00001052-11015. The IRB approval number for biomarkers collection is IRB00001052-11014. Written signed informed consent was obtained at recruitment from all participants, including legal representatives for illiterate participants.
: All authors approved the final manuscript and the submission to this journal.
: The authors declare no competing interests.