About the Authors

Ying-ying Kang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Yang Liu

Affiliation Clinical laboratory, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Ming-Li Wang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Min Guo

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Yan Wang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Zhi-Feng Cheng

zxc13694519706@126.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ZFC. Data curation: YYK. Formal analysis: YL MLW. Funding acquisition: ZFC. Investigation: MG. Methodology: YW. Project administration: YW. Resources: MG. Software: YYK. Supervision: YYK. Validation: YYK. Visualization: YYK. Writing – original draft: YYK. Writing – review & editing: YYK.