Chang, Cheng
Zhou, Shihong
Yu, Hong
Zhao, Wenlu
Ge, Yaqiong
Duan, Shaofeng
Wang, Rui
Qian, Xiaohua
Lei, Bei
Wang, Lihua
Liu, Liu
Ruan, Maomei
Yan, Hui
Sun, Xiaoyan
Xie, Wenhui
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (18ZR1435200)
Special project of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in general hospital of Shanghai Health Committee (ZHYY-ZXYJHZX-202023)
Shanghai Sailing Program (20YF1444500)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81602415, 81773007, 81871353, 81671679)
Shanghai Municipal Population and Family Planning Commission (20174Y0077)
Article History
Received: 10 July 2020
Revised: 9 December 2020
Accepted: 28 December 2020
First Online: 5 February 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Wenhui Xie.
: Two of the authors of this manuscript (Yaqiong Ge, Shaofeng Duan) are employees of GE Healthcare. The remaining authors declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Yaqiong Ge is one of the authors of this paper, who has significant professional knowledge in statistics. Yaqiong Ge kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board because this was a retrospective study.
: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Shanghai Chest Hospital.
: • retrospective• observational• performed at one institution