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Authors
Sun, Xingyu
Chen, Jiming
He, Lijuan
Wang, Shaohua
Li, Dan
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Natural Science Foundation of Southwest Medical University (00031786)
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Article History
Received: 6 February 2026
Accepted: 23 April 2026
First Online: 18 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University (approval No.BY2026019). Given the retrospective cohort design and the use of existing electronic medical records, the requirement for written informed consent was waived by the ethics committee. All patient data were anonymized prior to analysis, and no identifiable personal information was accessed or reported. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant institutional and national ethical guidelines for research involving human participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
