Yan, Zhi
Wen, Jian-Xun
Wang, Hua
Jiang, Ting-Wang
Huang, Jin-Hong
Chen, Hong
Yan, Li
Hu, Zhi-De
Zheng, Wen-Qi
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Natural and Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for Distinguished Young Scholars (2020JQ07)
the Zhixue Project, Zhiyuan Funding of Inner Mongolia Medical University (ZY 0130013)
Article History
Received: 11 July 2022
Accepted: 16 November 2022
First Online: 19 November 2022
Declarations
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: The BUFF study was approved by the ethics committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University (No: KY2021014). The SIMPLE study was approved by the ethics committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University (No: 2018011), and the Affiliated Changshu Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University (No: 2020-KY-009). The ethics committee of the AHIMMU waived the need of informed consent because of its retrospective nature. Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in the SIMPLE study. Both the SIMPLE and BUFF studies were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.