Shen, Cheng-Ting http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7113-0473
Hsieh, Hui-Min http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3286-7306
Tsao, Yu-Hsiang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2155-8332
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital (KMTTH-109-002 and KMTTH-111-R004)
Ministry of Science and Technology grant (MOST 108-2410-H-037-007; MOST 111-2410-H-037-011; NSTC 112-2628-H-037 -002 -MY3)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2024
Accepted: 27 August 2024
First Online: 8 September 2024
Declarations
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: This study followed the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kaohsiung Medical University (KMUHIRB-E(I)-20190177). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee of Kaohsiung Medical University because datasets were all encrypted and de-identified when analyzed under the patient privacy protection regulation of the Health and Welfare Data Science Center of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.