Yang, Jiabao
Zhao, Xiangrong
Ren, Juan
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82473252 and No. 81772793)
the Scientific and Technological Research Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Key Research and Development Project, General Project (No. 2023-YBSF-666)
the Shaanxi Provincial Key Research and Development Plan Project (No. 2021A011)
the Basic and Clinical Integration Innovation Project of Xi’an Jiaotong University (No. YXJLRH2022006)
Article History
Received: 17 May 2026
Accepted: 30 July 2026
First Online: 8 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Boards of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (protocol code: JD-HG-2025-116; approved on 13 October 2025) and The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University (protocol code: XJTU1AF2025LSYY-872; approved on 3 November 2025). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Boards of both participating institutions because of the retrospective study design and the use of fully de-identified clinical data.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.