Xu, Feifan
Liu, Lulu
Zhai, Yuchen
Ma, Juan
Qu, Shengyan
Zhang, Wei
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Jiangsu Municipal Health Commission (Z2023069)
Nantong Municipal Health Commission (QN2023042)
Article History
Received: 1 July 2025
Accepted: 12 February 2026
First Online: 24 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013) and the study protocol was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Sixth People’s Hospital of Nantong. Informed written consent was taken from each participant and this procedure was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee (NTLY2022052).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.