About the Authors

Kuei-Mei Chou

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Chin-Chan Lee

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Chih-Huang Chen

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Chiao-Yin Sun

fish3970@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMC CYS. Performed the experiments: KMC CHC. Analyzed the data: KMC CCL CYS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMC CYS CHC. Wrote the paper: CYS.