Zhao, Yang
Zhao, Hanlei
Huang, Jiao
Mei, Bo
Xiang, Jun
Wang, Yizheng
Lin, Jingyan
Huang, San
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Project of North Sichuan Medical College (CBY21-QA42)
the Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education (YCBZ2022091)
Article History
Received: 13 December 2023
Accepted: 11 March 2024
First Online: 18 March 2024
Declarations
: <b>Ethics approval and consent to participate</b>.
: The present study was designed as a single-center, retrospective, cohort study conducted for the period between January 2017 and December 2021. The study procedure was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College. The study is registered with the Chinese Registry of Clinical Trials (ExternalRef removed) (ChiCTR2300071659; 22/05/2023) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (2013). The requirement for obtaining written informed consent from each participant was exempted from the Medical Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College due to the retrospective nature of the study that ensured no exposure risks to the patients due to any additional intervention.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.