About the Authors

Chia-Min Chung

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Preventive Medicine and Health Service Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Ruey-Yun Wang

Affiliation Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Cathy S. J. Fann

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Jaw-Wen Chen

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yuh-Shiun Jong

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Tao-Yuan General Hospital Department of Health, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Yuh-Shan Jou

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Chou Yang

Affiliation Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Sen Kang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Min-Sheng Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chien-Chung Chen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Lin-Shin Hospital, Chungli, Taiwan

Huan-Cheng Chang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Lin-Shin Hospital, Chungli, Taiwan

Wen-Harn Pan

pan@ibms.sinica.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Preventive Medicine and Health Service Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWC WHP. Performed the experiments: CMC RYW YS. Jou. Analyzed the data: CMC RYW CSJF HCY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWC YS. Jong CSK CCC HCC. Wrote the paper: CMC RYW WHP.