Hua, Ruheng https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4418-7895
Yu, Jiawei
Niu, Yuanjie https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7459-1045
Han, Zhenwei https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5829-0289
Hu, Boyang https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7907-2475
Wang, Yang https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3413-624X
Zhu, Jianwei https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7858-1173
Ni, Qingfeng https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1507-8069
Article History
Received: 1 July 2025
Revised: 18 December 2025
Accepted: 30 January 2026
First Online: 13 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All participants provided informed consent, and the study was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki principles and was granted approval by the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University under the reference number (2014-L103).
: All authors read this manuscript and approve for publication.