Cui, Ai
Xiong, Wenjing
Huang, Tengyi
Wang, Yongni
Zhang, Qiaoxin
Chen, Yu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shantou Medical and Health Science and Technology Plan (250715156494018)
Article History
Received: 11 September 2025
Accepted: 7 August 2026
First Online: 14 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College.
Disclosure: The funding agencies had no role in the design or performance of the study.
Consent for publication: The Authors confirm that the study is original, has not been published previously, and that its publication has been approved by all co-authors. They hereby agree to its publication in Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.