Huang, Lina
Zhang, Wen
Zhang, Jun
Li, Qin
Shen, Wenbin
Zhang, Hongqiang
Yin, Xiaowei
Zhou, Juyun
Ding, Qingguo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Soochow Science and Education Strengthening Health General Project (MSXM2024051)
Nantong University Special Research Fund Project for Clinical Medicine (2024JQ030)
Changshu Science and Technology Development Plan Project (202117)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2025
Accepted: 17 October 2025
First Online: 11 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Changshu Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University (Approval No. 2022-KY-SK06). Informed consent was obtained from all participants. They were informed about the purpose and procedures of the study, told that they could withdraw at any time, and assured that their personal information would be kept confidential.
: The authors have consented to the publication of this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.