About the Authors

Shu-Fen Liu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shan-Yu Chang

Affiliation Department of Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

Tao-Chen Lee

Affiliation Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Lea-Yea Chuang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jinn-Yuh Guh

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chien-Ya Hung

Affiliation Department of Food Nutrition Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

Tsung-Jen Hung

Affiliation Department of Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Ju Hung

Affiliation Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Yi Chen

Affiliation Department of Optometry, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

Pei-fang Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Lin Yang

call0955443221@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Graduate Institute of Biomedical Science, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJH TCL PYC YJH YLY SFL LYC JYG. Performed the experiments: TJH TCL PYC YJH YLY SFL SYC CYH. Analyzed the data: TJH TCL PYC YJH YLY SFL SYC LYC JYG CYH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCL YLY SFL. Wrote the paper: TCL YLY SFL SYC PFH.