He, Xu
Yan, Yu
Wang, Man
Cai, Runqiu
Ma, Jingwu
Cai, Xiaowei
Tong, Ying
Funding for this research was provided by:
Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program (BE2022789)
Article History
Received: 30 April 2025
Revised: 21 August 2025
Accepted: 5 September 2025
First Online: 22 September 2025
Declarations
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: This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine (Approval Number: 2023NL-071-01). Because it involved the use of de-identified data and posed minimal risk to participants, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the IRB. All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and its subsequent amendments.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: The authors declare no competing interests.