About the Authors

Shen-Shong Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shen-Shong Chang, Hsiao-Yun Hu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei City Hospital Yang-Ming Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital Yang-Ming Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsiao-Yun Hu

Contributed equally to this work with: Shen-Shong Chang, Hsiao-Yun Hu

hyhu@ym.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Public Health and Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSC HYH. Performed the experiments: SSC HYH. Analyzed the data: SSC HYH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HYH. Wrote the paper: SSC. Responsible for performing database management, data analysis and statistic testing: HYH. Responsible for the design and implementation of the study: SSC.