Bian, Zhen
Dou, Wei
Ying, Yaoyu
Shi, Haijing
Ji, Fuhai
Hu, Jinghui https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9352-7714
Funding for this research was provided by:
Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (SDFEYGR2258)
Soochow University (KY2023101A)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82471290)
Suzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (SKY2022136)
Suzhou Municipal Health Commission (SKY2022136)
Article History
Received: 21 December 2024
Accepted: 18 April 2025
First Online: 28 April 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and clinical study regulations from the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. This ethical approval of this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (N° 2022 − 443, Chairperson Prof. Yitao Xu) on 8 November 2022. Then, this study was registered at the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (, identifier: ChiCTR2200066201) on 28 November 2022. To revise the scientific title for a better description of this study, an ethical update was approved (N° 2023-012, Chairperson Prof. Yitao Xu) on 10 January 2023, but the registry identifier remained unchanged. Informed consent to participate was obtained from all of the participants in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.