Ho, Leonard
Yuen, Ka Wai
Kwong, Ming Hong
Yuen, Sam Ho Sum
Hung, Pui Chee
Zhang, Dexing
Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan
Chung, Vincent Chi Ho
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Article History
Received: 9 June 2025
Accepted: 27 March 2026
First Online: 31 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study received ethics approval from the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong–New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Reference number: 2022.268). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: All authors confirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publications.