About the Authors

Jin Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Li, Lei Su

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Lei Su

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Li, Lei Su

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Ying-ying Gong

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Mei-lin Ding

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Shu-bin Hong

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Shuang Yu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Hai-peng Xiao

xiaohp@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HPX. Data curation: JL. Formal analysis: JL. Funding acquisition: HPX JL. Investigation: JL. Methodology: HPX JL. Project administration: HPX. Resources: YYG MLD. Software: JL. Supervision: HPX. Validation: YYG LS SBH. Visualization: HPX. Writing – original draft: JL LS. Writing – review & editing: SY JL.