Lyu, Yi
Huang, Wen-Yue
Wu, Hai-Mei
Hong, Jing
Wang, Yi-Qin
Yan, Hai-Xia
Xu, Jin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science and technology development project of Shanghai University of traditional Chinese Medicine (24KFL011)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81673880)
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Health Identification and Assessment Project (21DZ2271000)
Article History
Received: 13 November 2024
Accepted: 24 August 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Approval Number:2023-3-10-08-08). All participating recruitment sites, including Shuguang Hospital, Yueyang Hospital, and Longhua Hospital, are affiliated hospitals of the university. This centralized IRB approval was subsequently submitted to and formally recognized by each participating hospital, which granted site-specific permission to recruit participants and collect data. The study compiled with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided informed consent, which was obtained and signed prior to participation. Clinical trial number: not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.