Wang, Wen-Xian
Gao, Yan
Wang, Jian
Liu, Meng-Xiao
Gu, Hui
Yuan, Xian-Shun
Wang, Xi-Ming https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-1003
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of China (81871354)
Natural Science Foundation of China (81571672)
Academic Promotion Programme of Shandong First Medical University (2019QL023)
Article History
Received: 23 February 2023
Revised: 7 September 2023
Accepted: 17 September 2023
First Online: 27 October 2023
Declarations
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Xi-Ming Wang.
: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Meng-Xiao Liu reports a relationship with Siemens Healthineers Ltd. that includes: employment and equity or stocks. This study was not funded by Siemens Healthcare Ltd. China.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: The ethics committee of Shandong Provincial Hospital approval was obtained.
: No study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported.
: • retrospective• case–control study• performed at multiple institutions.