Ge, Le
Yu, Qiuhua
Wang, Chuhuai
Huang, Huanjie
Li, Xin
Zhang, Shanshan
Zhang, Siyun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Guangzhou (81772434)
Medical Science and Technology Foundation of Guangdong Province (A2019452)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (19ykpy74)
Article History
Received: 18 August 2020
Accepted: 13 January 2021
First Online: 28 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted as a single-blind randomized controlled trial (i.e., where the data analyzer was blind to the study). The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (grant number#2019469) in Guangzhou, China, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants and the rights of the participants were protected.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.