About the Authors

Weihua Liu

Affiliation Department of Scientific Research, First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Jinmei Xu

Affiliation Department of Scientific Research, First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Shaoping Wu

Affiliation Department of Scientific Research, First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Yilun Liu

Affiliation Department of Scientific Research, First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Xiaoping Yu

Affiliation Department of Public Health, The Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Juan Chen

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Xindu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Xi Tang

Affiliation Department of Scientific Research, First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Zhi Wang

Affiliation Department of Scientific Research, First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Xiaohu Zhu

Affiliation Department of Medical Image, First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Xin Li

xinlijournal@live.com

Affiliation Administrative Office of Chengdu Medical College, The Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL JX SW YL XY JC XT ZW XZ XL. Performed the experiments: WL JX SW YL XY JC XT ZW XZ. Analyzed the data: WL JX SW YL XY JC XT ZW XZ XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WL JX SW YL XY JC XT ZW XZ XL. Wrote the paper: WL JX XL.