1Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
2Department of Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
3Langzhong People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
4Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
5Chengdu Xindu District People’s Hospital, Chengdu, China
6West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
7Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
Received December 14, 2021; accepted June 20, 2022; published online ahead of print October 3, 2022.
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J.P., Y.D., and Y.L. designed, collected data from UK Biobank, cleaned data, analyzed data, statistical analysis and wrote the paper; K.Q., D.C., Y.R., Y.S., and W.P. collected data from UK Biobank and cleaned data; X.M., C.H., W.Z., and H.C. reviewed and modified the article. W.X., J.R., and Y.Z. reviewed and modified the article. All authors discussed the results and implications and commented on the manuscript at all stages.
Address for correspondence: Jianjun Ren, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China. E-mail: [email protected]; Yu Zhao, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China. E-mail: [email protected]; Wei Xu, Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 10-511, 610 University Avenue Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. E-mail: [email protected].
