Cao, Yidan
Fan, Tuyan
Lu, Rongrong
Liu, Jingjing
Weng, Tingting
Huang, Kun
Gao, Hui
Yan, Shuangqin
Gao, Guopeng
Yang, Fengyu
Tao, Fangbiao
Zhu, Beibei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-2034
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U22A20361)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82073564))
the Provincial Key Research and Development Project of Anhui (Grant No. 202104j07020034)
the Key Projects of the Support Programme for Outstanding Young Talents in Higher Education (Grant No. gxyqZD2021101)
Article History
Received: 15 April 2025
Accepted: 26 September 2025
First Online: 28 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Biomedicine Ethical Committee of Anhui Medical University (Ref. No. 20131195). Written Informed Consent will be obtained from the parents/guardian of the infants for the study, ensuring adherence to ethical guidelines and regulations for human research. Caregivers can withdraw at any time of the study, without needing to provide a reason, and participants’ data confidentiality was maintained throughout the study.
: Not applicable in this section.
: The authors declare no competing interests.