About the Authors

Mingqiang Zeng

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Ling Wang

Affiliation College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Caifang Chen

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Fanchang Zeng

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Liang Huang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Ruizhi Xue

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Junjie Chen

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Benmin Gao

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhengyan Tang

xytzyan@163.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MQZ ZYT. Performed the experiments: CFC FCZ LH. Analyzed the data: LW JJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BMG RX. Wrote the paper: MQZ LW.