Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81200628)
Chinese Medical Association Clinical Research and Special Funds - Squibb Endocrinology Diabetes Research projects (2012)
Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (12ZR1417800)
Shanghai Science and Technology Development Fund (08411953000)
Article History
Received: 15 August 2017
Accepted: 19 February 2018
First Online: 27 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Shanghai Renji Hospital and written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. All study evaluations and procedures were conducted in accordance with the guidelines of Helsinki Declaration on human experimentation.
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