About the Authors

Attit Baskota

Contributed equally to this work with: Attit Baskota, Sheyu Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Sheyu Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Attit Baskota, Sheyu Li

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Niharika Dhakal

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain management, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Guanjian Liu

Affiliation Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine/Cochrane Center, Chengdu, China

Haoming Tian

hmtian999@126.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT. Performed the experiments: AB SL. Analyzed the data: ND GL. Wrote the paper: AB SL. Searched the data, contributed to the discussion, and wrote, reviewed, and revised the manuscript: AB. Searched the data and reviewed and revised the manuscript: SL. Contributed to the discussion: GL. Helped with manuscript composition: ND. Initiated the idea and directed the entire investigation: HT.