Sun, Qi
Zhao, Yujing
Liao, Binyi
Mo, Lei
Xu, Junmei
Cui, Yulong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-654X
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFC2001902)
Article History
Received: 12 March 2022
Accepted: 19 August 2022
First Online: 25 August 2022
Declarations
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: None.
: The study protocol was approved by the Medical Ethical Committee in the Second Xiangya Hospital (2019K165) and had registered on (No. ChiCTR1900027007; October 28, 2019). All subjects were anonymized so informed consent was not required. The committee waived the need for written informed consent because patients were not subjected to any investigational actions and only patient information relevant to usual care was obtained. This study conformed to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines.