Ni, Qian
Wang, Qinghe
Qi, Jialin
Cai, Jing
Qiao, Tong
Wang, Baoyan
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Clinical Trials from the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University (2021-LCYJ-PY-19)
Article History
Received: 7 November 2025
Accepted: 26 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
:
: A waiver of informed consent was approved as the database lacked protected health information and all patient data was anonymized. The study utilizing data from our medical center was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committees of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (Approval Number: 2024-837-02), and the study protocol met the ethical principles of Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: Confirm that manuscript complies with all instructions to authors. Confirm that authorship requirements have been met and the final manuscript was approved by all authors. Confirm that this manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration by another journal. Confirm the use of reporting checklist.
: The authors declare no competing interests.