Article History
Received: 12 May 2023
Accepted: 2 October 2023
First Online: 25 October 2023
Declarations
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: None.
: The protocol for the research project had been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University (ID No. 2016-Y27) and therefore performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All informed consent forms of patients were obtained, and their anonymity was protected.