About the Authors

Xin Sun

sunxin77@126.com

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People's Hospital of China Medical University, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province, No.33 Wenyi Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110013, Liaoning Province, P R China

Li Lu

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People's Hospital of China Medical University, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province, No.33 Wenyi Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110013, Liaoning Province, P R China

Rong Yang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People's Hospital of China Medical University, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province, No.33 Wenyi Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110013, Liaoning Province, P R China

Yanbin Li

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People's Hospital of China Medical University, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province, No.33 Wenyi Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110013, Liaoning Province, P R China

Ling Shan

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People's Hospital of China Medical University, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province, No.33 Wenyi Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110013, Liaoning Province, P R China

Yang Wang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The People's Hospital of China Medical University, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province, No.33 Wenyi Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110013, Liaoning Province, P R China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: XS. Data curation: LS YW. Formal analysis: LL YL. Investigation: LL YL. Methodology: LS. Project administration: XS. Resources: XS. Software: YW. Supervision: LL YL. Validation: LL. Visualization: RY. Writing – original draft: XS RY. Writing – review & editing: LL.