About the Authors

Chen-Yi Su

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Herng-Ching Lin

Affiliation School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Chung Cheng

Affiliations School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Amy Ming-Fang Yen

Affiliation School of Oral Hygiene, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Hua Chen

Affiliation School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Senyeong Kao

kao@mail.ndmctsgh.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYS HCL SK. Performed the experiments: CYS HCL SK. Analyzed the data: CYS HCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYS HCL AMFY YHC HCC SK. Wrote the paper: CYS HCL AMFY YHC HCC SK.