Liang, Ling-Bo
Li, Xu
Liu, Xiang-Ping
Li, Cai-Zheng
Luo, Dan
Liu, Feng
Mao, Ting-Rui
Su, Qiao-Li
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Key Project of Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2020YFQ0011)
the Key Project of Health Commission of Sichuan Province (20PJ006)
Article History
Received: 18 September 2022
Accepted: 29 March 2023
First Online: 17 April 2023
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board and the Ethics Committee of West China Hospital (approval no.: 2021 − 136), and the study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (website: ExternalRef removed), under the registration number ChiCTR2100043216 at 24/5/2021. The aims and the methods of the study were verbally explained to the participants. Participation in the study was voluntary, and participants could withdraw from the study at will. They were assured of the confidentiality of their data. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.