About the Authors

Lieh-bang Liou

b890121@cgmh.org.tw

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Lin-kou, Kwei-san Hsiang, Tao-yuan County, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kwei-san Hsiang, Tao-yuan County, Taiwan

Wen-pin Tsai

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kee-lung, Kee-lung City, Taiwan

Chee J. Chang

Affiliation Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center and Institute of Clinical Medical Science of Chang Gung University, Kwei-san Hsiang, Tao-yuan County, Taiwan

Wan-ju Chao

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Lin-kou, Kwei-san Hsiang, Tao-yuan County, Taiwan

Meng-hsin Chen

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Lin-kou, Kwei-san Hsiang, Tao-yuan County, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed the SPSS analysis: CJC MHC. Conceived and designed the experiments: LBL WPT WJC. Performed the experiments: WJC MHC. Analyzed the data: LBL WPT CJC MHC. Wrote the paper: LBL.