About the Authors

Lu Xiao

Contributed equally to this work with: Lu Xiao, Yuhui Shen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Yuhui Shen

Contributed equally to this work with: Lu Xiao, Yuhui Shen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Blood Donation Service, Yangzhou Central Blood Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Nana Xiang

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Kunshan Hospital Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Kunshan,Suzhou,Jiangsu, China

Juebo Yu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yujuebo2004@163.com

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.