Qin, Yuexiang
Yao, Shanhu
Huang, Huimei
Xiao, Yuyang
Wang, Juncheng
She, Li
Chen, changhan
Wang, Xingwei
Luo, Aijing
Zhu, Gangcai
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82303133, 82173341)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022M723559)
Project of Hunan Health Commission (B202307017799, B202309018525)
Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2021JJ40951, 2022JJ30963, 2023JJ20087)
the science and technology innovation Program of Hunan Province (2023RC3082)
Changsha Distinguished Young Scholars grant (kq2209007)
Article History
Received: 29 September 2024
Accepted: 6 May 2025
First Online: 19 May 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki, and all procedures involving research study participants were approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Second Xiangya Hospital (Ethics Approval No. 228, 2022).
: The study was designed as a retrospective study using only de-identified clinical data, which is in accordance with the exemption criteria of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Part 46 (specifically, 45 CFR ยงย 46.104(d)(4): Secondary research uses of identifiable private information if the information is recorded without identifiers.). Due to the retrospective nature of the study, IRB of Second Xiangya Hospital waived the need of obtaining informed consent. Personal data were anonymized to ensure confidentiality throughout data analysis and reporting.
: All authors certify that neither this manuscript nor any substantially similar content under their authorship has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language.