Mei, Lu http://orcid.org/0009-0006-5743-9737
Gu, Ning http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1854-5311
Zhou, Yan
Wang, Zhiqun
Yang, Ling
Chen, Li
Li, Chunxia
Dai, Yimin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-1797
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC2701502)
Article History
Received: 21 February 2024
Accepted: 29 April 2024
First Online: 16 May 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical school (Ethics code: 2022–695-02), the Research Ethics Committee of Nanjing Jiangning Hospital of Chinese Medicine (Ethics code: JZL-2023-02 K) and the Research Ethics Committee of Yangzhong People’s Hospital (Ethics code: 202301). All participants were informed about the study’s aims and procedures, written consent was obtained from patients to participate in the study. The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.