Systemic immune-inflammation index-mediated association of composite dietary antioxidant index with obesity in children and adolescents: based on NHANES 2011-2018

  • 0Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.

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