About the Authors

Xin Huang

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

Hongzhuan Tan

tanhz99@qq.com

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

Xun Li

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

Shujin Zhou

Affiliation Liuyang Municipal Hospital of Maternal and Child Health, Beizheng, Liuyang, Hunan, China

Shi Wu Wen

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Meiling Luo

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XH HT SWW. Analyzed the data: XH XL ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH SZ XL ML. Wrote the paper: XH HT SWW. Managed and coordinated field work: SZ.