Shangguan, Qing
Liu, Qiuling
Yang, Ruijuan
Zhang, Shuhua
Sheng, Guotai
Kuang, Maobin
Zou, Yang
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (20232BAB216004)
Article History
Received: 11 July 2023
Accepted: 5 March 2024
First Online: 16 March 2024
Declarations
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: The research protocol for the Rich Healthcare Group cohort has been approved by their institutional review board. The NAGALA cohort also has obtained approval from the Murakami Memorial Hospital ethics committee. The current study was a post-hoc analysis of data from these two cohort studies, and the research protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the authors' institution (Ethics Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital). Additionally, since the research data were anonymized, the informed consent requirement for participants was waived by the Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital Ethics Committee. The entire study process was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration and followed the guidelines for Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement (Additional file InternalRef removed: Text S1).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.