About the Authors

Chao Li

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

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an, China, Global Health Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Kangyu Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Victoria Cornelius

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Ewan Tomeny

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Applied Health Research & Delivery, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Yang Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research and Biometrics Centre, Fuwai Hospital, National Centre for Cardiovascular Disease, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Xiaowei Yang

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Xiaodan Yuan

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Education, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing, China

Rui Qin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Education, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing, China

Dahai Yu

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

Zhenqiang Wu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Duolao Wang

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Tao Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Tao.chen@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an, China, Global Health Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.