Yao, Younan
Wang, Bo
Geng, Tian
Chen, Jiyan
Chen, Wan
Li, Liwen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. DFJH2020026)
Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (No.202201010831)
Article History
Received: 8 November 2023
Accepted: 2 January 2024
First Online: 28 January 2024
Declarations
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: The study was performed according to the guidelines of the Helsinki Declaration. Consent to participate was obtained and the National Center for Health Statistics ethics committee approved the protocol of the NHANES study. The data is publicly available, therefore, the ethical approval statement and the requirement for informed consent were waived for this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.