About the Authors

Jie Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Wang, Wenwen Zhang

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

Wenwen Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Wang, Wenwen Zhang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Chunxiao Yu

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Xu Zhang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Haiqing Zhang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Qingbo Guan

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Jiajun Zhao

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Jin Xu

xujin@medmail.com.cn

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Shandong Clinical Medical Center of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX JJZ QBG. Performed the experiments: JW WWZ CXY XZ HQZ. Analyzed the data: JW WWZ CXY JX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW WWZ CXY. Wrote the paper: JW WWZ.