Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:This figure is constructed, based on previous reports (Choi et al 2011; Beuschlein et al. 2013; Seidel and Scholl 2016).
acteristics, including male dominance, increased plasma aldosterone concentration, and lower potassium concentration, compared with cases without these mutations (Beuschlein et…
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