About the Authors

Sang Ouk Chin

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Sang Youl Rhee

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Suk Chon

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

You-Cheol Hwang

khmcilyong@naver.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

In-Kyung Jeong

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Seungjoon Oh

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Kyu Jeung Ahn

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ho Yeon Chung

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jeong-taek Woo

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Sung-Woon Kim

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jin-Woo Kim

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Young Seol Kim

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Hong-Yup Ahn

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCH IKJ KJA HYC YSK. Analyzed the data: SYR YCH HYA SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HYA SO JW SWK JWK. Wrote the paper: SOC.