Wang, Lujie
Li, Jiajie
Lin, Yixuan
Yuan, Huilun
Fang, Zhaohui
Fei, Aihua
Shen, Guoming
Jiang, Aijuan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Key Research and Development Program of Anhui Province ((No.202104j07020006))
National Natural Science Foundation of China ((No.81874457))
Scientific Research Project of higher education in Anhui Province ((No.2022AH050480))
Article History
Received: 5 January 2024
Accepted: 11 September 2024
First Online: 20 September 2024
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine and was exempt from informed consent, with the exemption approval number (2021MCZQ11). The external validation part was also exempt from informed consent by the Ethics Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, with the exemption approval number (No: 2023-zjsk-06). This study did not disclose any personal privacy of patients and will not violate local data protection laws. This study is registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry under the registration number ChiCTR2300076081. Registration date: September 25, 2023.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.