Gong, Xinmiao
Xu, Kepei
Hua, Meiqi
Zhang, Yu
Zheng, Hao
Fan, Sijia
Wang, Chunjie
Song, Jidong
Zhou, Changyu
Bu, Yangyang
Wang, Kaiting
Xu, Maosheng
Zhang, Ruixin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical and Health Science and Technology Plan of Zhejiang Province
Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province
Zhejiang Basic Public Welfare Research Project
Article History
Received: 3 February 2026
Accepted: 3 September 2026
First Online: 14 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University and Hangzhou First People’s Hospital. The requirement for informed consent was waived because the study was retrospective.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Author responsibility and exclusive submission: This study has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in whole or in part.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.