About the Authors

Yi-Chen Hsieh

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

Jiann-Shing Jeng

Affiliation Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Huey-Juan Lin

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Chaur-Jong Hu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University Hospital and Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Chen Yu

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

Li-Ming Lien

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Giia-Sheun Peng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chin-I Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Wanfang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sung-Chun Tang

Affiliation Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Nai-Fang Chi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University Hospital and Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hung-Pin Tseng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, I-Lan, Taiwan

Chang-Ming Chern

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Fang-I Hsieh

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

Chyi-Huey Bai

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

Yi-Rhu Chen

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

Hung-Yi Chiou

hychiou@tmu.edu.tw

Membership of the Formosa Stroke Genetic Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliations School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Dr. Chi-Hsing Huang Stroke Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HYC YCH. Performed the experiments: CCY YRC. Analyzed the data: YCH FIH CHB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSJ HJL CJH LML GSP CIC SCT NFC HPT CMC. Wrote the paper: YCH.