Song, Dan
Zhang, Yueyue
Xu, Xia
Li, Mengting
Wang, Zhigen
Zhu, Rui
Zhang, Panpan
Zhou, Lihua
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (Certificate No. 2020110370)
Anhui Provincial Department of Education (2024sswjc065)
Anhui Medical University (hlqm12025014)
Article History
Received: 30 January 2026
Accepted: 6 July 2026
First Online: 10 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The protocol of this study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Anhui Medical University (Approval number: 82240172) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants were provided with comprehensive information about the study objectives, methodology, potential risks, and the measures to ensure confidentiality. Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants before the initiation of the study.
Consent for publication: All participants provided written informed consent for study participation and the publication of anonymized data.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.