About the Authors

Lu Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

John Scott

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Greenville Health System, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

Lu Shi

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Khoa Truong

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Qingwei Hu

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Joseph A. Ewing

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Greenville Health System, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

Liwei Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

liweic@clemson.edu

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.