Sun, Jiachen
Lam, Sai kit Edmond
Teng, Xinzhi
Zhang, Jiang
Lee, Francis Kar-ho
Yip, Celia Wai-yi
Chow, James Chung-hang
Lee, Victor Ho-fun
Sun, Ying
Cai, Jing
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shenzhen Basic Research Program (JCYJ20210324130209023)
Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau S&T Program (SGDX20201103095002019)
Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme (MHP/005/20)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (P0035421)
Article History
Received: 24 July 2024
Accepted: 30 January 2025
First Online: 3 March 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: AI and AI-assisted technologies were not used in the writing process of the manuscript. This study was performed in accordance with the STROBE guidelines. The use of data was approved by the Research Ethics Committee (Kowloon Central/Kowloon East), reference number KC/KE-18-0085/ER-1, and the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong/Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster (HKU/HA HKW IRB), reference number UW20-827.
: Due to the retrospective nature of the study, the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong and the Research Ethics Committee (Kowloon Central/Kowloon East) waived the need of obtaining informed consent.