Zhang, Guihong
Liu, Xiaohe
Zhao, Yan
Li, Dan
Wu, Bo
Article History
Received: 20 November 2024
Accepted: 14 February 2025
First Online: 21 February 2025
Declarations
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: All data we collected were obtained from the MIMIMC III database, which was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and consent was obtained for the original data collection. All data were anonymized and the study was conducted in accordance with local regulations and institutional requirements and did not require written informed consent from participants or their legal guardians/next of kin. Therefore, the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine waived ethical approval for this study. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.