About the Authors
- Yu-Wei Chen
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Jun-Sing Wang
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Wayne H-H Sheu
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, College of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Shih-Yi Lin
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- I-Te Lee
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Yuh-Min Song
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Chia-Po Fu
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chia-Lin Lee
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* E-mail: u502107@yahoo.com.tw
Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: Y-WC J-SW C-LL. Data curation: WH-HS J-SW C-LL. Formal analysis: Y-WC J-SW S-YL C-LL. Investigation: Y-WC J-SW C-LL. Methodology: Y-WC J-SW C-LL. Project administration: Y-WC C-LL. Resources: WH-HS S-YL I-TL Y-MS. Software: J-SW C-LL. Supervision: WH-HS S-YL. Validation: Y-WC J-SW C-LL. Visualization: Y-WC C-PF. Writing – original draft: Y-WC J-SW C-LL. Writing – review & editing: S-YL I-TL Y-MS C-PF.