About the Authors

Chun-Yen Lin

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ji-Yih Chen

Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tsung-Nan Lin

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Wen-Juei Jeng

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chien-Hao Huang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chang-Wen Huang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Su-Wei Chang

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan

I-Shyan Sheen

issheen.jks@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYL JYC ISS. Performed the experiments: CYL JYC ISS. Analyzed the data: CWH SWC. Wrote the paper: CYL ISS. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: TNL WJJ CHH.