About the Authors

Qiliu Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Qiliu Peng, Shi Yang

These authors should be considered as co-first authors of this work.

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Shi Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Qiliu Peng, Shi Yang

These authors should be considered as co-first authors of this work.

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Xianjun Lao

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Ruolin Li

Affiliation Department of Medicine Research, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Zhiping Chen

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

Jian Wang

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Xue Qin

qinxue919@126.com (XQ); lis8858@126.com (SL)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Shan Li

qinxue919@126.com (XQ); lis8858@126.com (SL)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QP SL XQ. Performed the experiments: SY XL RL JW. Analyzed the data: RL ZC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL XQ. Wrote the paper: QP SY.