Zhang, Yikun
Chan, Chun Hin
Lam, Hin Lai Ivan
Bishai, David
Clarke, Philip
Tang, Sydney C.W.
Quan, Jianchao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (27112518)
Article History
Received: 28 January 2026
Accepted: 10 April 2026
First Online: 15 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and received ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong (UW 21–414). All data utilized in this study were obtained from the UK Biobank Resource. The UK Biobank has received Research Tissue Bank approval from the Northwest Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee (ID: 16/NW/0274). All participants provided informed consent electronically at the time of recruitment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.