About the Authors

Xin Hua

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Respiratory, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Shu-Hua Han

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Respiratory, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Shu-Zhen Wei

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ying Wu

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Respiratory, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jun Sha

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Respiratory, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xiao-Li Zhu

Roles Writing – review & editing

zhuxiaolipaper@126.com

Affiliations Department of Respiratory, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.