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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the Ethics Research Committee of Zhongshan Hospital of XiaMen University (Ethical Approval, Protocol number: 2022–193). All participants signed an informed consent form prior to their participation. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding The authors acknowledge support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 81271538); Basic Scientific Research Project, Department of Education of Liaoning province (No. LJKMZ20221163); and from the Natural Science Foundation of Xiamen, China (No. 3502Z20227353). The design, manuscript writing, and language editing of this study were funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 81271538). The collection, analysis, and interpretation of data were funded by the Basic Scientific Research Project, Department of Education of Liaoning province (No. LJKMZ20221163), and the Natural Science Foundation of Xiamen, China (No. 3502Z20227353)."