About the Authors

Yunyang Wang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Jingwei Chi

Affiliation Laboratory of Thyroid Disease, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Kui Che

Affiliation Laboratory of Thyroid Disease, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Ying Chen

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Xiaolin Sun

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Yangang Wang

nlwang@yeah.net (YaW); tony_qdu@126.com (ZW)

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Zhongchao Wang

nlwang@yeah.net (YaW); tony_qdu@126.com (ZW)

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: Yunyang W. ZW Yangang W. Data curation: ZW JC. Formal analysis: Yunyang W. XS. Funding acquisition: Yangang W. YC. Investigation: Yunyang W. JC KC YC XS Yangang W. ZW. Methodology: Yunyang W. Yangang W. ZW. Project administration: Yangang W. ZW. Resources: ZW JC. Software: Yunyang W. KC. Supervision: Yangang W. ZW. Validation: KC JC. Visualization: Yunyang W. XS. Writing – original draft: Yunyang W. JC KC. Writing – review & editing: Yunyang W. JC KC.