Ma, Xiaoqin
Lin, Xiaochun
Liu, Nannan
Zeng, Yanmei
Guo, Lei
Feng, Qijian
Wu, Minghai
Cai, Feifei
Hu, Yuxuan
Wang, Yuan
Zhang, Jin
Wang, Huiyun
Tian, Linlin
Fan, Xinzhao
Xue, Yaoming
Guan, Meiping
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82470855)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82270858)
Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (2024A1515010811)
Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (2024A1515012925)
Article History
Received: 18 August 2025
Accepted: 26 November 2025
First Online: 21 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol (NFEC-2021-049) was approved by Nanfang Hospital Ethics Committee in accordance with Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent. GWAS data were obtained from public repositories with original ethical approvals; no additional review was required per institutional policy.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: See the additional data file.