About the Authors

Ji Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji Zhou, Jingying Zhang, Juan Zhou, Honggang Yi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Huangshi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Huangshi, China

Jingying Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji Zhou, Jingying Zhang, Juan Zhou, Honggang Yi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

Juan Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji Zhou, Jingying Zhang, Juan Zhou, Honggang Yi

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China

Honggang Yi

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji Zhou, Jingying Zhang, Juan Zhou, Honggang Yi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Zichen Lin

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yu Liu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Jurong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhenjiang, China

Min Zhu

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Hongyu Wang

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Wei Zhang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Hai Xu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Hangping Jiang

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Huangshi Hospital of Youse, Huangshi, China

Zhengzhong Xiang

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Respiratory, Huangshi Hospital of Youse, Huangshi, China

Ze Qu

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medical Service, Huangshi Hospital of Youse, Huangshi, China

Yuemei Yang

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Linjuan Lu

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Shuai Guo

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Heng Fu

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Ian M. Adcock

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Airway Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Yu Wei

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

yaoxin@njmu.edu.cn (XY); jsszyyhxk@163.com (YW)

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

Xin Yao

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

yaoxin@njmu.edu.cn (XY); jsszyyhxk@163.com (YW)

Affiliations Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Huangshi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Huangshi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.