About the Authors

Xiao-qian Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-qian Li, Kun-ming Tao

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China

Kun-ming Tao

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-qian Li, Kun-ming Tao

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Second Military Medical University, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgical Hospital, Shanghai, China

Qing-hui Zhou

zhouqinghui@sohu.com (Z-QH); lingchangquan@gmail.com (CQL)

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China

David Moher

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Hong-yun Chen

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China

Fu-zhe Wang

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China

Chang-quan Ling

zhouqinghui@sohu.com (Z-QH); lingchangquan@gmail.com (CQL)

Affiliations Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, E-Institute of Traditional Chinese Internal Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X-QL Q-HZ. Analyzed the data: X-QL K-MT. Wrote the paper: X-QL K-MT Q-HZ. Methods of literature search and study design: DM. Literature search and data collection: H-YC F-ZW. Organized this work and communicated with the authors: Q-HZ C-QL.