Ho, Mu-Hsing https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9443-4082
Vardy, Janette L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5739-5790
Lin, Yen-Kuang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-9508
Chan, Wing Lok https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9793-9273
Takemura, Naomi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2950-5251
Wang, Lizhen https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5424-3705
Cheung, Denise Shuk Ting https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-9271
Lin, Chia-Chin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9551-0991
Article History
Received: 5 December 2025
Accepted: 13 October 2026
First Online: 24 October 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong and the Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster (IRB/REC Ref. No.: UW 22-732) and the University of Hong Kong–Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong Institutional Review Board (HKU-GHK IRB Ref. No.: GHK-2022-S007).
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.