About the Authors

Chen Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

☯ Chen Chen and Zhuojing Hu contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Urology, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China, Medical Integration and Practice Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Zhuojing Hu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

☯ Chen Chen and Zhuojing Hu contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Liaocheng People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Liaocheng, Shandong, China

Yunbo Ma

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Department of Urology, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China

Qinghua Xia

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Integration and Practice Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Urology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Zheng Ma

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Urology, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China

Jiangsong Li

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

ljs19820129@126.com (JL); urozw@foxmail.com (WZ)

Affiliation Department of Urology, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China

Wei Zhao

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation

ljs19820129@126.com (JL); urozw@foxmail.com (WZ)

Affiliation Department of Urology, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.