Chen, Zeshan
Qin, Yijue
Article History
Received: 31 July 2025
Accepted: 24 April 2026
First Online: 15 May 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: This study is not a clinical trial. Data were obtained from the public National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China database and the researchers did not have access to individual patient details. The medical research ethics committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People’s Hospital determined that this research did not require ethics approval according to the following Chinese law: Notice by the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Issuing the Measures for Ethical Review of Life Science and Medical Research Involving Human Being (No. 4 of the National Health Commission, 2023).