About the Authors

Jui-Kun Chiang

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

Terry B. J. Kuo

Affiliation Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chin-Hua Fu

Contributed equally to this work with: Chin-Hua Fu, Malcolm Koo

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Medical School, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Malcolm Koo

Contributed equally to this work with: Chin-Hua Fu, Malcolm Koo

m.koo@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JKC. Performed the experiments: JKC CHF. Analyzed the data: JKC CHF. Wrote the paper: CHF JKC MK TBJK. Participated in revising the manuscript critically: MK JKC TBJK.