About the Authors

Mu Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Mu Chen, Meian He, Xinwen Min

Affiliations MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Meian He

Contributed equally to this work with: Mu Chen, Meian He, Xinwen Min

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Xinwen Min

Contributed equally to this work with: Mu Chen, Meian He, Xinwen Min

Affiliation Dongfeng Central Hospital, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China

An Pan

Affiliation Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xiaomin Zhang

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Ping Yao

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Xiulou Li

Affiliation Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yuewei Liu

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Jing Yuan

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Weihong Chen

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Li Zhou

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Weimin Fang

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yuan Liang

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Youjie Wang

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Xiaoping Miao

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Mingjian Lang

Affiliation Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peng Zhang

Affiliation Dongfeng Central Hospital, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China

Dongfeng Li

Affiliation Dongfeng Central Hospital, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China

Huan Guo

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Handong Yang

Affiliation Dongfeng Central Hospital, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China

Frank B. Hu

wut@mails.tjmu.edu.cn (TW); frank.hu@channing.harvard.edu (FBH)

Affiliation Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tangchun Wu

wut@mails.tjmu.edu.cn (TW); frank.hu@channing.harvard.edu (FBH)

Affiliation MOE Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH X. Min XZ PY XL Y. Liu JY WC LZ WF Y. Liang YW X. Miao ML PZ DL HG HY FH TW. Performed the experiments: MC MH X. Min AP XZ PY XL Y. Liu JY WC LZ WF Y. Liang YW X. Miao ML PZ DL HG HY FH TW. Analyzed the data: MC AP. Wrote the paper: MC FH TW.