About the Authors

Kuo-Wei Yeh

Contributed equally to this work with: Kuo-Wei Yeh, Chi-Ming Lee

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Asthma and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chi-Ming Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Kuo-Wei Yeh, Chi-Ming Lee

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Asthma and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chee-Jen Chang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Biostatistical Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkuo, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yu-Jr Lin

Affiliation Biostatistical Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkuo, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jing-Long Huang

long@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Asthma and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLH. Analyzed the data: CJC YJL. Wrote the paper: CML KWY.