About the Authors

Yuanhua Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuanhua Yang, Lirong Liang

Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Lirong Liang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yuanhua Yang, Lirong Liang

Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Zhenguo Zhai

Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Hangyong He

Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Wanmu Xie

Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Xiaoxia Peng

cyh-birm@263.net (CW); niuniu@ccmu.edu.cn (XP)

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing, China

Chen Wang

cyh-birm@263.net (CW); niuniu@ccmu.edu.cn (XP)

Affiliations Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing Hospital of the Ministry of Health, Beijing, China

on behalf of investigators for the National Cooperative Project for the Prevention and Treatment of PTE-DVT

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: YY LL XP. Has full access to the study data and final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication: XP. Responsible for the planning, acquisition of data and obtaining funding for this study: CW. Conceptualised and designed this study: XP. Contributed to administrative and technical support: ZZ HH WZ. Participated in the preparation and revision of the manuscript: YY LL XP.