Wang, Qiang
Liu, Yueming
Zhu, Bin
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Postdoctoral Research Start-up Fund of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (C-2024-BSH15)
the Talent Recruitment Fund for Outstanding Doctoral Graduates of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (C-2024-BS20)
the General Project of the Medical and Health of Zhejiang Province (2024KY037)
the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Zhejiang Province Co-Construction Project (GZY-ZJ-KJ-23002)
Article History
Received: 8 September 2025
Accepted: 10 December 2025
First Online: 26 December 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the North West Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: 21/NW/0157) and the UK National Information Governance Board, with all participants providing written informed consent.
: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript and consent to its publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.