About the Authors

Wen-Yuan Lin

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

Affiliation New York Obesity and Nutrition Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University–College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Chiu-Shong Liu

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chia-Ing Li

Affiliations Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Lance E. Davidson

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Tsai-Chung Li

Affiliations Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Health Care Administration, College of Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Cheng-Chieh Lin

cclin@mail.cmuh.org.tw

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Health Care Administration, College of Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WYL CCL. Performed the experiments: WYL CSL. Analyzed the data: WYL CIL TCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FXP CSL. Wrote the paper: WYL LED CCL.