About the Authors

Hao-Chang Hung

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Yi-Ching Yang

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Horng-Yih Ou

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jin-Shang Wu

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Feng-Hwa Lu

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Chih-Jen Chang

changcj.ncku@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJC. Performed the experiments: YCY HYO JSW FHL CJC. Analyzed the data: YCY HYO CJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSW FWL. Wrote the paper: HCH.