About the Authors

Shi-Heng Wang

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei J. Chen

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Genetic Epidemiology Core Laboratory, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Lee-Ming Chuang

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Chang Hsiao

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Genetic Epidemiology Core Laboratory, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Pi-Hua Liu

Affiliation Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Guishan, Taiwan

Chuhsing K. Hsiao

ckhsiao@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CKH WJC LMC. Performed the experiments: PHL. Analyzed the data: SHW PCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CKH WJC LMC. Wrote the paper: SHW LMC CKH.