Wang, Tingting
Jiang, Jiawei
Li, Chenghui
Xuan, Qin
Sun, Li
Xu, Guanhua
Gu, Haiyan
Gao, Hong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nantong Municipal Health Commission Youth Project (QNZ2023038)
Nantong University Clinical Hospital Special Research Fund Project (2024LQ011)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2025
Accepted: 10 February 2026
First Online: 18 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated 2 Hospital of Nantong University (2023KT296), with registration on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07030582). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before enrollment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.