About the Authors

Xue Qin

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Qin, Qiliu Peng, Zhiping Chen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Qiliu Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Qin, Qiliu Peng, Zhiping Chen

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Baise City People’s Hospital, Baise, Guangxi, China

Zhiping Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Qin, Qiliu Peng, Zhiping Chen

Affiliation Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health at Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Yan Deng

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Shan Huang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Juanjuan Xu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Haiwei Li

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Shan Li

lis8858@126.com (SL); zhaojinmin@126.com (JZ)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Jinmin Zhao

lis8858@126.com (SL); zhaojinmin@126.com (JZ)

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XQ QP SL JZ. Performed the experiments: YD SH JX HL. Analyzed the data: ZC XQ QP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YD SH JX HL. Wrote the paper: QX QP ZC.