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Received: 13 June 2025

Accepted: 22 January 2026

First Online: 2 February 2026

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: Due to the nature of this design, no additional ethical approval was needed. Consequently, the Local Ethics Committee waived the ethical approval. This study analyzed publicly available data from multiple independent cohorts.

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