Scientific Reports 7:8273; doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07921-2; Article published online 15 August 2017

The original version of this Article omitted an affiliation for Ming Zhao. The correct affiliations for Ming Zhao are listed below:

Runliang Diabetes Laboratory, Diabetes Research Center, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, 315211, Ningbo, China.

Department of Public Health, Longsai Hospital, 315200, Ningbo, China.

This has now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of this Article, and in the accompanying Supplemental Material.