An, Xiaona
Zhang, Yuzhu
Zhang, Lu
Li, Hui
Feng, Nianhai
Wang, Xin
Zhang, Xiquan
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (ZR2022QH202)
the Medical and Health Science and Technology Development Project of Shandong Provincial of China (202104110087)
Article History
Received: 29 April 2025
Accepted: 3 February 2026
First Online: 7 February 2026
Declarations
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: The data used in this study were obtained from Dr. Wang’s study published in PLOS ONE. The original study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by an ethical review committee. As the database contains only de-identified information, ethical approval and the need for informed consent were waived for the present analysis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.