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Authors
Shen, Yi
Zheng, Zhou
Min, Hui-cong
Peng, Hui
Huang, Long
Zhang, Wan-zong
Feng, Hui
Yu, Qing-sheng
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Anhui Provincial Clinical Medical Research Transformation Project
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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Article History
Received: 16 November 2025
Accepted: 9 March 2026
First Online: 2 April 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (approval no. 2019AH-32; date: January 25, 2020) and registered in the China Clinical Trial Registry (registration no. ChiCTR2000034137; date: June 30, 2020). The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and was granted a waiver of informed consent due to its retrospective design and the safeguards in place to protect patient privacy.
