About the Authors

Yang Liao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

Suhaily Mohd Hairon

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

suhailymh@usm.my

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Najib Majdi Yaacob

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biostatistics and Research Methodology Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Tengku Alina Tengku Ismail

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Li Luo

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Guihang Guiyang Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.