About the Authors

Shan Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shan Zhang, Lili Yang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fengxian Central Hospital, Shanghai, China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Third Clinical Medical College of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Lili Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shan Zhang, Lili Yang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fengxian Central Hospital, Shanghai, China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zhuhai, China

Peihong Chen

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fengxian Central Hospital, Shanghai, China

Hua Jin

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fengxian Central Hospital, Shanghai, China

Xinmiao Xie

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fengxian Central Hospital, Shanghai, China

Meili Yang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fengxian Central Hospital, Shanghai, China

Ting Gao

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fengxian Central Hospital, Shanghai, China

Cheng Hu

Affiliation Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Xuemei Yu

xuemeiyu12@163.com

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fengxian Central Hospital, Shanghai, China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Third Clinical Medical College of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XY. Performed the experiments: SZ LY XX MY TG PC HJ. Analyzed the data: SZ LY CH XY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ LY XX MY TG PC HJ CH XY. Wrote the paper: SZ LY CH XY. Read and approved the final manuscript: SZ LY XX MY TG PC HJ CH XY.