About the Authors

Yuh-Fang Chen

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Yi Chen

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Ophthalmology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Che-Chen Lin

Affiliation Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Muh-Shy Chen

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Pei-Chun Chen

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, Taiwan

I-Jong Wang

ijong@ms8.hinet.net

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YFC HYC MSC PCC IJW. Performed the experiments: YFC HYC MSC PCC IJW. Analyzed the data: YFC HYC CCL MSC PCC IJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YFC HYC MSC PCC IJW. Wrote the paper: YFC HYC MSC PCC IJW.