About the Authors

Zhong-Yin Zhou

zhou_zhongyin@126.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Xin-Yue Wan

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Ji-Wang Cao

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZYZ XYW. Analyzed the data: XYW JWC. Wrote the manuscript: ZYZ. Performed the statistical analyses: XYW JWC. Contributed to the revision of the manuscript and read and approved the final manuscript: ZYZ XYW JWC.