About the Authors

Yaqin Hu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Department of Otolaryngology, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, China

Xiaoqin Luo

Roles Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China

Hongjiang Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Department of Otolaryngology, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, China

Jing Ke

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, China

Menglong Feng

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, China

Wei Yuan

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

yuanwei@ucas.ac.cn

Affiliations Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Department of Otolaryngology, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors state that there is no competitive interest