About the Authors

Guo Yin

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ya Xing Wang

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Zhi Yun Zheng

Affiliation Yayuncun Clinics, PLA General Armament Department, Beijing, China

Hua Yang

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Liang Xu

xlbio1@163.com

Affiliation Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Jost B. Jonas

Affiliations Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany

the Beijing Eye Study Group

Membership of the Beijing Eye Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: GY YXW ZYZ HY LX JBJ BESG. Analyzed the data: YXW LX JBJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LX JBJ. Wrote the paper: GY YXW LX JBJ.