Wang, Xiaoyu
Jiang, Xinlu
Zhang, Xinyi
Yan, Li
Liang, Xue
Wang, Huiping
Wu, Fan
Zhai, Zhimin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Clinical and Translational Research Project of Anhui Province (202427b10020030)
Clinical and Translational Research Project of Anhui Province (202427b10020064)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82370225)
Article History
Received: 23 January 2026
Accepted: 25 June 2026
First Online: 10 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (YX2025-077), which also granted a waiver of written informed consent due to the retrospective nature of the analysis, the use of de-identified data, and the absence of direct patient contact. All research procedures were conducted in strict accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.