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Received: 7 April 2024

Accepted: 22 July 2024

First Online: 30 July 2024

Declarations

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: The study was conducted in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki, and the research protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Xin Xiang Medical College, and the First People’s Hospital of Yongkang (PJ-NBEY-KY-2020-059-01). All included patients provided written informed consent.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.