Tian, Xi
Duan, Ying
Sun, Yuhui
Hu, Xiaoting
Liu, Huaqing
Zhang, Min
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Natural Science Foundation of the Anhui Provincial Educational Committee (Grant no. KJ2019A0302 and 2022AH040217)
the Natural Science Research Project of Bengbu Medical College (Grant No. 2022byzd024)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2026
Accepted: 22 May 2026
First Online: 6 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Bengbu Medical University (approval number: 2021–099). All participants in the study provided written informed consent before their participation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.