About the Authors

Benhong Ren

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

Affiliations Otolaryngology Department, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, Qinghai Province, China, Otolaryngology Major, Clinical Medical College, Qinghai University, Xining City, Qinghai Province, China, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanxi Fenyang Hospital, Fenyang City, Lvliang City, Shanxi Province, China

Yazhen Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai Province, China

Wenyuan Gan

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations Otolaryngology Department, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, Qinghai Province, China, Otolaryngology Major, Clinical Medical College, Qinghai University, Xining City, Qinghai Province, China

Qingping Zhang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Otolaryngology Department, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, Qinghai Province, China, Otolaryngology Major, Clinical Medical College, Qinghai University, Xining City, Qinghai Province, China

Dandan Yang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai Province, China

Wenjun Cao

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Otolaryngology Department, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, Qinghai Province, China

Xiaoli Zhang

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Otolaryngology Department, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, Qinghai Province, China

Yuan Jiang

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, Xining City, Qinghai Province, China

Ying Zhang

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Otolaryngology Department, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, Qinghai Province, China

Bin Guo

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Otolaryngology Department, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, Qinghai Province, China

Yongxia Tie

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation People’s Hospital of Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, China

Jiannan Liu

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Qinghai Maternal and Child Health-Care Hospital, Xining City, Qinghai Province, China

Guilan Cai

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation People’s Hospital of Datong County, Datong, Qinghai Province, China

Yi Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

wegreatgroup@163.com (YW); mayanyan_research@qhu.edu.cn (YM)

Affiliations Otolaryngology Department, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital, Xining, Qinghai Province, China, Department of Otolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Yanyan Ma

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

wegreatgroup@163.com (YW); mayanyan_research@qhu.edu.cn (YM)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.