Wang, Lai
Xia, Qin
Ni, Wenwen
Zhuang, Di
Tong, Xianya
Jiang, Lai
Mao, Yanfei
Article History
Received: 13 June 2023
Revised: 22 November 2023
Accepted: 2 January 2024
First Online: 4 April 2024
Declarations
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: L. Wang, Q. Xia, W. Ni, D. Zhuang, X. Tong, L. Jiang and Y. Mao declare that they have no competing interests.
: For this article no studies with human participants or animals were performed by any of the authors. All studies mentioned were in accordance with the ethical standards indicated in each case. This retrospective observational study followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement guidelines and was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (XHEC-C-2022-007‑1, date of approval: 11 January 2022) and the requirement for written informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study. All methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.