Kim, Mihee
Song, Ik-Chan
Ahn, Seo-Yeon
Jang, Ho Cheol
Koh, Jeong Suk
Lee, Chang-Hoon
Kim, Hyeoung-Joon
Yhim, Ho-Young
Ahn, Jae-Sook
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (1720160)
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital Institute for Biomedical Science (HCRI24037)
National Research Foundation of Korea (2018R1A2A1A05078480)
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (RS-2025-24536036)
Article History
Received: 18 April 2025
Accepted: 29 August 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the institutional ethics committees of participating institutions and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The institutional ethics committees waived the requirement for informed patient consent owing to the retrospective study design.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.