About the Authors

Yang Yang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medicine Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Runkui Li

Affiliation College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Wenjing Li

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medicine Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Meng Wang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medicine Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Yang Cao

Affiliation Unit of Biostatistics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Zhenglai Wu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medicine Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Qun Xu

qunxu@ibms.pumc.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medicine Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY QX YC. Performed the experiments: YY RL. Analyzed the data: YY WL MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL. Wrote the paper: YY. Revised the manuscript: YC ZW QX.