Zhang, Zhifeng
Xu, Yikang
Wang, Jiayu
Wang, Yingjie
Tian, Yu
Sun, Siqi
Liu, Lei
Funding for this research was provided by:
The China Social Welfare Foundation (HLCXKT- 202 40102)
Article History
Received: 2 July 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in adherence to the local and international ethical principles including those in the Declaration of Helsinki. The study proposal was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (No. Y2024262CS(KT)-262-01). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their enrollment in the study.
: The written informed consent obtained from participants included consent for their de-identified data to be published in scientific journals. I confirm that the manuscript has been not submitted to any journal and is not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere. Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.