About the Authors

Jiahui Qian

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China, Thyropathy Hospital, SUN Si Miao Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China

Shuo Qi

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Thyropathy Hospital, SUN Si Miao Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China

Rui Hu

Roles Investigation, Software

Affiliation Thyropathy Hospital, SUN Si Miao Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China

Miao Zhang

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Thyropathy Hospital, SUN Si Miao Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China

Zhi Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Thyropathy Hospital, SUN Si Miao Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China

Zhiguo Ding

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

872153044@qq.com

Affiliations Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China, Thyropathy Hospital, SUN Si Miao Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.