Wu, Zhiqiang
Lu, Jiacheng
You, Hao
Hou, Siyan
Zhang, Zifeng
Ye, Ming
Wang, Xiefeng
Yuan, Cuiping
Zhang, Junxia
Ye, Qin
Funding for this research was provided by:
the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Article History
Received: 17 October 2025
Accepted: 14 August 2026
First Online: 8 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The clinical study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and received approval from the Ethics Committee for Clinical Research of the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University (2021-SR-442). All patients provided informed consent for participation in the study.
Consent to publish: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.