Shi, Xuguang
Yang, Yong
Liu, Ying
Ren, Jiangping
Zhang, Rong
Guo, Song
Ma, Huimin
Sun, Jimin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province (No. 2023C02036)
Article History
Received: 4 January 2026
Accepted: 31 March 2026
First Online: 14 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The studies were conducted in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements. As this study was a retrospective study, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee. All patient data were anonymized to protect privacy, and no personally identifiable information was included in the manuscript.
: Not applicable. The data in this study were retrieved from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention. In accordance with the provisions of relevant national legislation, the provision of such data by the data subjects is mandatory, and thus written informed consent was not required from the participants or their legal guardians/next of kin. This point has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.