Chen, Xiuming
Ma, Jiang
Chang, Yingying
Wang, Hui
Li, Xiaoyan
Li, Qing
Ma, Shengkai
Zhang, Jin
Xu, Jianchao
Funding for this research was provided by:
the S&T Program of Hebei (2037727D)
the Research Project of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the Hebei Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2024129)
Hebei Provincial Medical Science Research Program (20250207)
Article History
Received: 20 November 2025
Accepted: 6 July 2026
First Online: 9 July 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study protocol was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Shijiazhuang People’s Hospital and the Ethics Review Board of Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
: Not applicable.
: An AI-based assistant (ChatGPT) was used to improve readability and language only. All content was subsequently reviewed and edited by the authors, who accept full responsibility for the final manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.