About the Authors

Kun-Pei Lin

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Yuan Chen

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Liang-Chuan Lai

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Ling Huang

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jen-Hau Chen

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ta-Fu Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu Sun

Affiliation Department of Neurology, En Chu Kong Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Li Wen

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, En Chu Kong Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ping-Keung Yip

Affiliation Center of Neurological Medicine, Cardinal Tien's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Min Chu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cardinal Tien's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei J. Chen

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Research Center for Genes, Environment, and Human Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yen-Ching Chen

karenchen@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Research Center for Genes, Environment, and Human Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: K-PL Y-CC J-HC. Performed the experiments: Y-LH. Analyzed the data: K-PL S-YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: L-LW Y-MC. Wrote the paper: K-PL Y-CC. Participant recruitment: J-HC T-FC YS P-KY. Participated in discussions: L-CL WJC.