About the Authors

Te-Fu Chan

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wei-Ting Lin

Affiliation Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Ling Chen

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hsiao-Ling Huang

Affiliation Department of Oral Hygiene, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wei-Zeng Yang

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chun-Ying Lee

Affiliations Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Meng-Hsueh Chen

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tsu-Nai Wang

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Meng-Chuan Huang

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yu-Wen Chiu

Affiliation Health Policy and Systems Management Program, Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Chun-Chi Huang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sharon Tsai

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chih-Lung Lin

chihlung1@yahoo.com (CLL); cnhung@kmu.edu.tw (CHL)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chien-Hung Lee

chihlung1@yahoo.com (CLL); cnhung@kmu.edu.tw (CHL)

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFC CLL CHL. Performed the experiments: WTL YLC HLH WZY CYL MHC MCH TNW YWC CCH ST. Analyzed the data: WTL CHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TFC YLC. Wrote the paper: TFC CHL.