About the Authors

Shan Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Shan Li, Qiliu Peng, Yongbin Chen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Qiliu Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Shan Li, Qiliu Peng, Yongbin Chen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Yongbin Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Shan Li, Qiliu Peng, Yongbin Chen

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Jianpeng You

Affiliation Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Zhiping Chen

Affiliation Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health at Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Yan Deng

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Xianjun Lao

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Huiling Wu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Xue Qin

qinxue919@126.com (XQ); zhiyuzeng@163.com (ZZ)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Zhiyu Zeng

qinxue919@126.com (XQ); zhiyuzeng@163.com (ZZ)

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL QP YC XQ ZZ. Performed the experiments: JY YD XL HW. Analyzed the data: ZC XQ QP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YD XL HW. Wrote the manuscript: SL QP YC.