Tian, Ling
Lan, Yiqing
Chu, Shanshan
Liu, Wei
Wen, Jiahui
Fang, Xu
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Traditional Chinese Medicine Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone Science and Technology Co-construction Project (GZY-KJS-ZJ-2026-044)
Article History
Received: 18 March 2026
Accepted: 26 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (approval no. R20260012) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Because this was a retrospective observational study based on existing medical records, the requirement for written informed consent was waived by the ethics committee.
Consent for publication: Not applicable, as only anonymized aggregated data are reported in this manuscript and no individual person’s identifiable information, images, or videos are included.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.