Han, Qianfei
Xue, Mengxiang
Li, Fan
Wang, Wenjun
Yuan, Xiaodan
Chen, Xiaopan
Pan, Hua
Liu, Maijie
Liu, Shujie
Lou, Qingqing https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4743-0900
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81370923)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (12561049)
Article History
Received: 8 September 2025
Accepted: 29 November 2025
First Online: 8 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors have no conflict of interest.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jiangsu Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital (Approval No. 2019LWKY009). All studies involving human participants in this research have been reviewed and approved by the appropriate Ethics Committee and conducted in accordance with the ethical standards set forth in the latest version of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. Furthermore, written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The consent process involved a detailed explanation of the study’s purpose, procedures, potential risks and benefits, and the right to withdraw at any time without penalty. All participants were provided with a copy of the signed consent form.