Lu, Qingwei
Wei, Xiaolu
Zhang, Wangao
Wang, Jun
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81973854)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2023
Accepted: 27 February 2026
First Online: 5 March 2026
Declarations
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: We confirm that methods were performed in accordance with declaration of Helsinki’s and this research process follows the principles of medical research ethics. The study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TYLL2017 [K] word 024). In the whole process, the research object data should be kept confidential, and should not be disclosed without the permission of the relevant units and patients themselves. The clinical data collected and sorted out are limited to the use of this study. Informed consent has been obtained from all the participants. Also, legal guardians of the illiterate participants provided a written informed consent and verbal informed consent was obtained directly from the illiterate participants themselves.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.