About the Authors

Chia-Ter Chao

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Cheng Hou

Affiliations Department of Internal medicine, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Vin-Cent Wu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Ming Lu

Affiliation Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan

Cheng-Yi Wang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, Xindian, Taiwan

Likwang Chen

likwang@nhri.org.tw (LKC); twkao2@ntuh.gov.tw (TWK)

Affiliation Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan

Tze-Wah Kao

likwang@nhri.org.tw (LKC); twkao2@ntuh.gov.tw (TWK)

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTC VCW HML LKC CYW TWK. Performed the experiments: CTC CCH VCW HML LKC CYW TWK. Analyzed the data: HML LKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTC VCW HML LKC CYW TWK. Wrote the paper: CTC CCH VCW HML LKC CYW TWK.