About the Authors
- James Fung
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Liver Foundation, Hong Kong, China
- Cheuk-kwong Lee
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Affiliation Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Hong Kong, China
- Monica Chan
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Affiliation Access Medical Diagnostic and Laboratory Centre, Hong Kong, China
- Wai-kay Seto
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Liver Foundation, Hong Kong, China
- Danny Ka-ho Wong
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Ching-lung Lai
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Man-fung Yuen
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* E-mail: mfyuen@hkucc.hku.hk
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Liver Foundation, Hong Kong, China
Competing Interests
The Hong Kong Liver Health Census was an investigator-initiated, not-for-profit study, in conjunction with the Hong Kong Liver Foundation. Financial support for provided by unrestricted grants from Bristol-Myers-Squibbs (Hong Kong), Chong Lap (Hong Kong), GlaxoSmithKline,(Hong Kong) and Novartis Pharmaceuticals (Hong Kong). Each author has declared no conflict of interest with the sponsors for this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JF CKL MC WKS DKHW CLL MFY. Performed the experiments: JF MC DKHW. Analyzed the data: JF MFY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CKL DKHW MC MFY. Wrote the manuscript: JF WKS DKHW CLL MFY.