Lu, Song
Wan, Bo
Qian, Chun-sheng
Shao, Jia-jia
Fu, Qing-shan
Fu, Chang-ma
Funding for this research was provided by:
Application Medical Project of Hefei Municipal Health Commission (Hwk2025yb013)
Article History
Received: 17 May 2026
Accepted: 7 August 2026
First Online: 10 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was reviewed and approved by the Medical Research Ethics Review Committee of The Third People’s Hospital of Hefei (Ethics Approval No. 2026LLWL032). The approval document addressed the scientific, informed-consent, and ethical aspects of the study and granted approval for submission and publication. The retrospective analysis used de-identified routinely collected clinical data and involved no additional examination, intervention, biological sampling, or participant contact. The consent arrangements were reviewed and approved by the committee. All procedures were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and applicable institutional and national ethical requirements.
Consent for publication: Not applicable. The manuscript contains no identifiable individual-level information, images, or clinical details requiring consent for publication.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.