Han, Huawei
Chen, Shuai
Wang, Xinzhe
Jin, Jie
Li, Xianghui
Li, Zhiwei
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Elderly Health Research Project of Jiangsu Commission of Health (LKZ2022008)
the Natural Science Foundation of Nanjing University Of Chinese Medicine (XZR2021060)
the Foundation of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (SEZ202003)
Article History
Received: 7 March 2023
Accepted: 24 May 2023
First Online: 1 June 2023
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. All analyses were based on data of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The study was approved by the ethics review board of the National Center for Health Statistics. The detailed information is located on the NHANES website. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant before their inclusion on the NHANES database. Detailed information on the ethics application and written informed consent are provided on the NHANES website.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.