About the Authors

Xunjie Cheng

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China

Yang Yang

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

David C. Schwebel

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Zuyun Liu

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Li Li

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Peixia Cheng

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China

Peishan Ning

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China

Guoqing Hu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

huguoqing009@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.