About the Authors

Xiaogang Guo

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Jie Ding

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Yue Qi

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Nan Jia

Affiliations Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Shaoli Chu

Affiliations Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Jinxiu Lin

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

Jinzi Su

niuwenquan_shcn@163.com (WN); pengfeng@medmail.com.cn (FP); sujinzi1@163.com (JS)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

Feng Peng

niuwenquan_shcn@163.com (WN); pengfeng@medmail.com.cn (FP); sujinzi1@163.com (JS)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

Wenquan Niu

niuwenquan_shcn@163.com (WN); pengfeng@medmail.com.cn (FP); sujinzi1@163.com (JS)

Affiliations Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WN JL FP. Performed the experiments: FP XG. Analyzed the data: YQ JD FP WN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XG JD YQ NJ SC JL JS. Wrote the paper: WN XG FP JS.