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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This work was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tangshan Gongren Hospital (Grant No. GRYY-LL-2019-50). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Informed consentFor this type of study, formal consent was not required. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This work was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.62271348), and Tangshan Science and Technology Planning Project (Grant Nos. 19150205E and 2020TS009b)."