About the Authors

Chen-Yi Wu

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health & Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsiao-Yun Hu

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

Lok-Hi Chow

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Anesthesiology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Yiing-Jenq Chou

Affiliation Institute of Public Health & Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Nicole Huang

Affiliation Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Pei-Ning Wang

cpli@vghtpe.gov.tw (CPL); pnwang@vghtpe.gov.tw (PNW)

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Aging and Health Research Center, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Pin Li

cpli@vghtpe.gov.tw (CPL); pnwang@vghtpe.gov.tw (PNW)

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYW YJC NH PNW CPL. Performed the experiments: CYW HYH LHC. Analyzed the data: CYW HYH PNW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYW LHC PNW CPL. Wrote the paper: CYW PNW CPL.