About the Authors

Su-Wei Chang

Affiliation Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Cathy Shen-Jang Fann

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Hui Su

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yu Chen Wang

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Chia Chan Weng

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Chia-Jung Yu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Chia-Lin Hsu

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Ai-Ru Hsieh

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Rong-Nan Chien

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Chia-Ming Chu

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Dar-In Tai

tai48978@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliation Division of Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: D-IT CS-JF. Analyzed the data: S-WC CS-JF C-LH A-RH. Wrote the paper: S-WC D-IT. Acquisition of data: YCW CCW D-IT. Participation in patient management and data collection: W-HS YCW CCW C-JY R-NC C-MC D-IT.