He, Yanting
Tong, Lijun
Zhou, Yuge
Xie, Fang
Tian, Ning
Xie, Weining
Funding for this research was provided by:
Foshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Immune Health Technology Innovation Base
GuangDong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2023A1515140125)
Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (B2021265)
The Science and Technology Innovation Research Program of Jinling Hospital (2023JCYJZD078)
Article History
Received: 18 November 2024
Accepted: 22 October 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Due to the retrospective nature of the study, (full name of IRB) waived the need of obtaining informed consent. Our research was approved by the Ethics Committee of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine (Approval number: 2018 − 1254), and it strictly adhered to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Due to the retrospective, observational, and anonymous characteristics of the study, the requirement for obtaining written informed consent from participants was formally waived by the Ethics Committee of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine.