Chen, Zilin
Wang, Xu
Chai, YuXin
Hu, YuChen
Jia, Ru
Han, Fei
Funding for this research was provided by:
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People’s Republic of China (60102)
Article History
Received: 22 September 2025
Accepted: 20 May 2026
First Online: 30 May 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This retrospective observational study was conducted in strict accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (Approval No. 2023-211-KY-01). Written informed consent was obtained from all legal guardians of the participants after they had been fully informed of the study’s purpose, procedures, and their rights. All personal information collected was rigorously anonymized and stored in a secure environment to ensure the privacy and data security of the participants.