About the Authors

Wei Wang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Cong Du

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Laixiang Lin

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tianjin Institution of Endocrinology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Wen Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Long Tan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Jun Shen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sanitary Chemistry, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Elizabeth N. Pearce

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

Yixin Zhang

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Min Gao

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Jianchao Bian

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Shandong Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Research, Shangdong Province, China

Xiaoming Wang

Roles Resources

Affiliation The Department of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Shandong Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Research, Shangdong Province, China

Wanqi Zhang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wqzhang@tmu.edu.cn, wqzhang@tijmu.edu.cn

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.