Hu, Chengpeng
Ti, Chun Hang Eden
Yuan, Kai
Chen, Cheng
Khan, Ahsan
Shi, Xiangqian
Chu, Winnie Chiu-wing
Tong, Raymond Kai-yu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China (Reference No. 14205419)
Article History
Received: 21 December 2023
Accepted: 9 September 2024
First Online: 20 September 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong-New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee (No. 2018.661). The study was prospectively registered at Clinicaltrials.gov with an identifier NCT05638464. The study was conducted following World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki for experiments involving humans. The study procedure and group allocation were explained to all participants before participating and all subjects provided written informed consent for study participation.
: Consent for publication of these data was given by all participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.