About the Authors

Gaoqiang Xie

gqxie72@163.com (GX); zhaolch@163.com (LZ)

Affiliation Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Phyo Kyaw Myint

Affiliations School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Norwich Research Park Cardiovascular Research Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, Clinical Gerontology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Stroke Research Group, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom

M. Justin S. Zaman

Affiliations Norwich Research Park Cardiovascular Research Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, Department of Cardiology, James Paget University Hospital, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

Ying Li

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, People’s Republic of China

Liancheng Zhao

gqxie72@163.com (GX); zhaolch@163.com (LZ)

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, People’s Republic of China

Ping Shi

Affiliation Shijingshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Fuxiu Ren

Affiliation Shijingshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Yangfeng Wu

Affiliations Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, The George Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GX. Performed the experiments: GX YL LZ PS FR YW. Analyzed the data: GX. Wrote the manuscript: GX PKM MJSZ.