About the Authors

Wanru Kong

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infection Management, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Wei Sheng

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

zhengy2010@lzu.edu.cn (YZ); 609686484@qq.com (WS)

Affiliation School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Ya Zheng

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

zhengy2010@lzu.edu.cn (YZ); 609686484@qq.com (WS)

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.