About the Authors

Tian Song

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China, Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China

Yuesong Pan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Ruoling Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruoling Chen, Yilong Wang, Yongjun Wang

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

yongjunwang1962@gmail.com (YJW); yilong528@gmail.com (YLW); R.Chen@wlv.ac.uk (RLC)

Affiliations Centre for Health and Social Care Improvement, Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, Post Graduate Academic Institute of Medicine, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Hao Li

Roles Methodology, Software

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China, Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China

Xingquan Zhao

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China, Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China

Liping Liu

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China, Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China

Chunxue Wang

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China, Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China

Yilong Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruoling Chen, Yilong Wang, Yongjun Wang

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

yongjunwang1962@gmail.com (YJW); yilong528@gmail.com (YLW); R.Chen@wlv.ac.uk (RLC)

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China, Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China

Yongjun Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ruoling Chen, Yilong Wang, Yongjun Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

yongjunwang1962@gmail.com (YJW); yilong528@gmail.com (YLW); R.Chen@wlv.ac.uk (RLC)

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China, Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.