About the Authors

Chun-Ta Huang

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Sheng-Yuan Ruan

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Yu Liao

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

Yao-Wen Kuo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Br., Yunlin, Taiwan

Chi-Ying Lin

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Br., Yunlin, Taiwan

Yi-Ju Tsai

Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chao-Chi Ho

ccho1203@ntu.edu.tw

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

Chong-Jen Yu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTH CCH CYL. Performed the experiments: CTH WYL YWK CCH. Analyzed the data: CTH SYR YJT CCH CJY CYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTH SYR. Wrote the paper: CTH SYR CCH.