Li, Xin
Niu, Mingyue
Zhang, Minghuai
Zheng, Qianqian
Ge, Xing
Zhang, Wenhui
Yu, Tingting
Zhang, Hong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Research Project of the Higher Education Institutions of Anhui Province (2023AH040079)
Anhui Provincial Health Research Project (AHWJ2023A10095)
Article History
Received: 9 April 2026
Accepted: 8 June 2026
First Online: 24 June 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this retrospective investigation was granted by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Anhui Public Health Clinical Center (Approval No. PJ-YX2024-051). Given the retrospective, non-interventional, and observational nature of the study, individual informed consent was waived by the review boards. All patient data were anonymized and handled in strict accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki to ensure confidentiality.
: The authors declare no competing interests.