Yang, Wen-Jui
Zhang, Tao
Yu, Shuyi
Zhao, Yiwei
Li, Tin Chiu
Hsiao, Shun-Yu
Article History
Received: 13 May 2026
Accepted: 1 September 2026
First Online: 19 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong-New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CREC2014.575) and the local Research Ethics Committee (Ref. No.: 18MMHIS070e, MacKay Memorial Hospital) and written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.