About the Authors

Kuo-Liong Chien

Affiliations Institute of Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ta-Chen Su

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jiann-Shing Jeng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsiu-Ching Hsu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Tien Chang

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Fong Chen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yuan-Teh Lee

ytlee@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw (Y-TL); fhu@hsph.harvard.edu (FBH)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Frank B. Hu

ytlee@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw (Y-TL); fhu@hsph.harvard.edu (FBH)

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLC MFC YTL. Performed the experiments: JSJ HCH WTC. Analyzed the data: KLC TCS HCH FH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCS WTC YTL. Wrote the paper: FH.