Qu, Xueqi
Wang, Guoying
Hong, Xiumei
An, Jessica
Vernon, Hilary J.
Wang, Xiaobin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4451-302X
Article History
Received: 9 October 2025
Revised: 10 March 2026
Accepted: 31 March 2026
First Online: 14 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All study procedures and data collection were conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Boston Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (IRB No. 22869 [CR2122]). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.