Feng, Runtao
Liao, Guorong
Zhong, Bingzhou
Zhou, Wanrong
Kou, Ziyun
Li, Yuxiao
Hu, Jianmin
Huang, Yuena
Liu, Yongguang
Article History
Received: 3 February 2026
Accepted: 10 April 2026
First Online: 18 April 2026
Declarations
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: The prospective cohort study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University (Approval No. 2023-KY-083-02). Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment in the prospective cohort. The present secondary analysis, together with the retrospective validation cohort, was approved by the Ethics Committee of Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University (Approval No. 2025-KY-263-01). For the retrospective validation cohort, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee because the study design was retrospective and noninterventional.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.