About the Authors

Jia Su

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Ningbo No.1 Hospital, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Jin Xu

Affiliation Institute of Preventative Medicine, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Xiaojing Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Ningbo No.1 Hospital, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Han Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Ningbo No.1 Hospital, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Juwei Hu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Renyuan Fang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Ningbo No.1 Hospital, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Xiaomin Chen

chxmin@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Ningbo No.1 Hospital, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS JX XC. Performed the experiments: XL HZ JH. Analyzed the data: JS JX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL HZ JH RF. Wrote the paper: JS XC. Designed the software used in analysis of HWE: JX.