About the Authors

Xiaoyu Zuo

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoyu Zuo, Shaoqi Rao, An Fan

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Shaoqi Rao

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoyu Zuo, Shaoqi Rao, An Fan

raoshaoq@gdmc.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, Institute of Medical Systems Biology and Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China

An Fan

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoyu Zuo, Shaoqi Rao, An Fan

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Meihua Lin

Affiliation Institute of Medical Systems Biology and Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China

Haoli Li

Affiliation Institute of Medical Systems Biology and Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China

Xiaolei Zhao

Affiliation Institute of Medical Systems Biology and Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China

Jiheng Qin

Affiliation Institute of Medical Systems Biology and Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XYZ SR. Performed the experiments: XYZ AF ML. Analyzed the data: XYZ AF HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XLZ JQ. Wrote the paper: XYZ SR.