About the Authors
- Chun-Ming Chang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Ming Chang, Kuang-Yung Huang
Affiliations Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
- Kuang-Yung Huang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Ming Chang, Kuang-Yung Huang
Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Ta-Wen Hsu
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Affiliations Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
- Yu-Chieh Su
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Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Cancer center, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Wei-Zhen Yang
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Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Ting-Chang Chen
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Affiliation Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Pesus Chou
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Affiliation Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Ching-Chih Lee
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* E-mail: hematcd@hotamil.com
Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CCL CMC KYH TWH YCS. Performed the experiments: CCL WZY PC. Analyzed the data: CCL PC KYH. Wrote the paper: CMC KYH CCL YCS TCC. Critical revision of manuscript for important intellectual content: KYH CMC. Statistical expertise: CCL PC.