About the Authors

Ren-Hua Chung

rchung@nhri.org.tw

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Wei-Yun Tsai

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Chen-Yu Kang

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Po-Ju Yao

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

Hui-Ju Tsai

Affiliations Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Chia-Hsiang Chen

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RHC HJT CHC. Performed the experiments: RHC WYT CYK PJY. Analyzed the data: RHC WYT HJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYK PJY CHC. Wrote the paper: RHC HJT CHC.