Liu, Zhenmin
Fang, Taiyong
Article History
Received: 15 December 2023
Accepted: 23 March 2024
First Online: 28 March 2024
Declarations
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: This cross-sectional study used data from the 2 cycles (2017–2018 and 2019–2020) of the NHANES. The NHANES, a series of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of the nationally representative, non-institutionalized population in the United States, combines interviews and physical examinations, and is approved by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Research. As the data of the NHANES are de-identified and freely available, this study was exempt from further approval of the local institutional review board.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.