About the Authors

Hao Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wanghaodl@126.com (HW); dujianling63@163.com (JLD)

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Ying Ba

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Qian Xing

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Jian-ling Du

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

wanghaodl@126.com (HW); dujianling63@163.com (JLD)

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.