Zhang, Shengai https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7679-4412
Shi, Honggang
Liu, Bojia
Ge, Zhenyang
Zhang, Nina
Liu, Qigui
Duan, Zhijun
Chang, Qingyong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Dalian municipal science and technology plan project (2015F11GH098)
Article History
Received: 7 December 2024
Accepted: 26 September 2025
First Online: 22 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University (No. LCKY2016-31) and registered in Chinese Clinical Trail Registry (No. ChiCTR-OOC-16010259; Date:2016/12/26). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. All participants have signed the informed consent forms and were free to quit the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.