Chen, Li-Chi
Chu, Yi-Chi
Lu, Tzongshi
Lin, Hugo Y.-H.
Chan, Ta-Chien
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 111-2121-M-001-002)
Article History
Received: 20 March 2023
Accepted: 30 October 2023
First Online: 9 November 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) on Biomedical Science Research, Academia Sinica (AS-IRB-BM-19026). The data we used was the second-hand National Health Insurance Research Database and cause of death registry maintained by Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare. The data were anonymized when analyzed by the researchers. Thus, the informed consent was waived by Institutional Review Board (IRB) on Biomedical Science Research, Academia Sinica. This study was performed in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki and followed by the approved protocol.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.