About the Authors
- Linong Ji
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* E-mail: jiln@bjmu.edu.cn (LJ); s.paul@sph.uq.edu.au (SP)
Affiliation Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
- Xiaolin Tong
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Affiliation China Academy of Chinese Medicial Sciences Guang'anmen Hospital, Beijing, China
- Hongyuan Wang
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Affiliation Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing China
- Haoming Tian
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Affiliation Sichuan University West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
- Huimin Zhou
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Affiliation The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
- Lili Zhang
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Affiliation The Third Affiliated Hospital of Peking University of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Beijing, China
- Qifu Li
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Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Yizhong Wang
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Affiliation The Central Hospital of China Aerospace Corporation, Beijing, China
- Hongmei Li
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Affiliation China Meitan General Hospital, Beijing, China
- Min Liu
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Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Hongjie Yang
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Affiliation Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Yanbin Gao
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Affiliation Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Dongfang Hospital, Beijing, China
- Yan Li
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Affiliation Zhongshan University Sun Yai-sen Memorial Hospital, Zhongshan, China
- Quanmin Li
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Affiliation General Hospital of PLA Second Artillery, Beijing, China
- Xiaohui Guo
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Affiliation Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- Gangyi Yang
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Affiliation The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Zhongai Zhang
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Affiliation Nanjing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
- Zhiguang Zhou
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Affiliation The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
- Guang Ning
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Affiliation Shanghai Jiaotong University Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Yingli Chen
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Affiliation Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
- Sanjoy Paul
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* E-mail: jiln@bjmu.edu.cn (LJ); s.paul@sph.uq.edu.au (SP)
Investigators in Evidence-Based Medical Research of Xiaoke Pill Study are listed in Appendix S1.
Affiliation Queensland Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Several authors have received speaking honoraria from several pharmaceutical companies as follows: Dr. Ji reports receiving consulting and lecture fees from Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Merck, Bayer, Takeda, Sanofi-Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Johnson & Johnson, boehingeringelheim, and Guangzhou Zhongyi Pharmaceutical, and grants from Guangzhou Zhongyi Pharmaceutical and Bayer. Dr. Q Li reports receiving consulting and lecture fees from Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi-Aventis. Dr. Tian reports receiving lecture fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novo Nordisk, Bayer, and Sanofi-Aventis. Dr. Y. Li reports receiving consulting fees from Novartis, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi-Aventis and lecture fees from Novo Nordisk and Sanofi-Aventis. Dr. Guo reports receiving consulting fees from Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, and Guangzhou Zhongyi Pharmaceutical and lecture fees from Sanofi-Aventis, Guangzhou Zhongyi Pharmaceutical, and Novo Nordisk. Dr. Y. Gao reports receiving consulting fees from Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, and Guangzhou Zhongyi Pharmaceutical and lecture fees from Sanofi-Aventis, Guangzhou Zhongyi Pharmaceutical, and Novo Nordisk. Dr. M. Liu reports receiving lecture fees from Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Bayer. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Critically revised the menuscript for important intellectual content: LJ HW HT HZ LZ Qifu Li YW HL ML HY YG YL Quanmin Li XG GY Z. Zhang Z. Zhou GN YC SP Performed the experiments: The Evidence-Based Medical Research of Xiaoke Pill Study Group. Conceived and designed the experiments: LJ XT HT XG ML Qifu Li YL. Performed the experiments: The Evidence-Based Medical Research of Xiaoke Pill Study Investigators. Analyzed the data: LJ YL SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW SP. Wrote the paper: LJ SP. Critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: LJ HW HT HZ LZ Qifu Li YW HL ML HY YG YL Quanmin Li XG GY Z. Zhang Z. Zhou GN YC SP.