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"Declarations GuarantorThe scientific guarantor of this publication is Feng Feng. Conflict of interestThe authors of this manuscript declare no conflict of interest. Statistics and biometryNo complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper. Informed consentWritten informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board. Ethical approvalInstitutional Review Board approval was obtained. Methodology• retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution Conflict of interest The authors of this manuscript declare no conflict of interest."

"Funding This study has received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant 82071899), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (grants 2016YFC1305901, 2020YFA0804500), the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (grants 2017-I2M-3–008, 2021-I2M-1–025), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (grant L182067) and National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding (2022-PUMCH-B-067, 2022-PUMCH-B-114)."