Yan, Mengzhu
Li, Yixing
Liu, Yun
Peng, Lilan
Zhou, Haibo
Article History
Received: 16 January 2026
Revised: 3 June 2026
Accepted: 20 July 2026
First Online: 28 July 2026
Declarations
Ethical approval: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Yichang Central People’s Hospital Affiliated to China Three Gorges University (2025-10-13), and all procedures were conducted in accordance with relevant ethical guidelines and regulations. All human-related procedures in this study were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, including the Declaration of Helsinki.
Clinical trial number: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.