Tong, Jie
Zhang, Lumeng
Hong, Wentong
Ding, Qian
Lu, Xinghao
Li, Yumei
Yang, Fan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Educational Committee (2024AH051256)
Funding for the start-up of research of Fan Yang (bsqd2020005)
Article History
Received: 9 June 2026
Accepted: 15 September 2026
First Online: 24 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Bengbu Medical University (Approval No. BMU-2023–067), and written informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legally authorized representatives in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.