About the Authors

Shu-Ju Chen

Affiliation Department of Health Food, Chung Chou University of Science and Technology, Changhua, Taiwan

Chi-Hua Yen

Affiliations Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Center for Education and Research on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yi-Chia Huang

Affiliations School of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Bor-Jen Lee

Affiliations School of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, The Intensive Care Unit, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Simon Hsia

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Institute of Biomedical Nutrition, HungKuang University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ping-Ting Lin

apt810@csmu.edu.tw

Affiliations School of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJC PTL. Performed the experiments: CHY SH. Analyzed the data: YCH PTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJC YCH PTL. Wrote the paper: SJC PTL. Provide patients and controls: CHY BJL.