Liu, Qian
Xu, Zongyin
Shao, Xiudong
Lian, Zihao
Cheng, Weibo
Wang, Xiaoming
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Social Science Fund of China (BLA250192)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2026
Accepted: 20 July 2026
First Online: 23 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. This study is a systematic review and network meta-analysis based on previously published aggregate data. It did not involve the recruitment of human participants, the collection of individual-level primary data, or access to identifiable personal information; therefore, ethics approval and informed consent to participate were not required.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.