Liu, Yuan-jie
Ye, Qian-wen
Zhang, Wei
Li, Jie-pin
Ji, Ling-ping
Liu, Shen-lin
Zou, Xi
Funding for this research was provided by:
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2024M761501)
Special Support program of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2025T181073)
Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Laboratory (ZDXYS202208)
Natural Science Foundation of China (82205212)
Article History
Received: 26 September 2025
Accepted: 2 April 2026
First Online: 14 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The study’s protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, and informed consent was obtained from clinicians and patients (Ethics approval number: 2022NL-162-02, Ethics approval date: 2022-09-16). The study was in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent to publish personal data was obtained from the patients and/or their legal guardians.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. All authors contributed to data analysis, drafting, or revising of the article; agree on the journal to which the article is being submitted; provided final approval of the version to be published; and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Prior to the commencement of data collection, the first author obtained written consent from all participants concerning participation and subsequent publication of the study results.