About the Authors

Chi-Jung Chung

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Health Risk Management, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chao-Yuan Huang

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hung-Bin Tsai

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

Chih-Hsin Muo

Affiliations Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Mu-Chi Chung

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chao-Hsiang Chang

Affiliations Department of Urology, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chiu-Ching Huang

cch@mail.cmuh.org.tw

Affiliations Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYH HBT MCC CHC CCH. Analyzed the data: CJC CHM. Wrote the paper: CJC.