About the Authors

Ting Fu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Bone and Immunology between Sihong Hospital and Soochow University, Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu P. R. China, Department of Orthopedics, Sihong Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Yi-Qun Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Bone and Immunology between Sihong Hospital and Soochow University, Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu P. R. China, Department of Orthopedics, Sihong Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Chang-Hua Tang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Pei He

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

leisf@suda.edu.cn (SFL); peihe@suda.edu.cn (PH)

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Bone and Immunology between Sihong Hospital and Soochow University, Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu P. R. China, Department of Orthopedics, Sihong Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Shu-Feng Lei

Roles Writing – review & editing

leisf@suda.edu.cn (SFL); peihe@suda.edu.cn (PH)

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Bone and Immunology between Sihong Hospital and Soochow University, Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu P. R. China, Department of Orthopedics, Sihong Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China, Changzhou Geriatric Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Changzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.