About the Authors

Zexu Tang

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zelin Chen

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Graduate School, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Yongjian Huang

Roles Investigation, Software

Current Address: Department of Academic Research, Shantou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shantou, Guangdong, China.

Affiliation Graduate School, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Jinwen Fang

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of the Center for Gastroesophageal Relux Disease, Shantou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Xiangyang Yang

Roles Validation

Affiliation Department of the Center for Gastroesophageal Relux Disease, Shantou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Chunzhu Li

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of the Center for Gastroesophageal Relux Disease, Shantou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Huiying Zhang

Roles Writing – original draft

1121532184@qq.com (HZ); 1621981300@qq.com (EX)

Affiliation Department of the Center for Gastroesophageal Relux Disease, Shantou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shantou, Guangdong, China

E. Xie

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

1121532184@qq.com (HZ); 1621981300@qq.com (EX)

Current Address: Department of the Center for Gastroesophageal Relux Disease, Shantou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shantou, Guangdong, China.

Affiliation Department of the Center for Gastroesophageal Relux Disease, Shantou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

NO authors have competing interests Enter: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.