Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81860302)
Article History
Received: 23 November 2023
Revised: 21 March 2024
Accepted: 7 April 2024
First Online: 18 April 2024
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Wei Yang.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors (Wei Yang) has significant statistical expertise.
: In the retrospective training cohort, written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board. In the prospective validation cohort, written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients).
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Not applicable.
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