About the Authors

Jing Hu

Affiliations Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China, Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100010, China

Yanming Xie

Affiliation Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China

Zheng Shu

Affiliation Center for Health Economics and Epidemiology Assessment, STATinMED (Beijing) International Healthcare Technology Assessment Co., LTD, Beijing, 100025, China

Wei Yang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China

Siyan Zhan

siyan-zhan@bjmu.edu.cn

Affiliations Evidence-based Medicine Center, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, 100191, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH SYZ. Performed the experiments: JH ZS WY. Analyzed the data: JH WY YMX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH ZS WY. Wrote the paper: JH SYZ ZS WY YMX.