About the Authors

Chih-Chia Liang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Hsin Muo

Affiliations Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

I-Kuan Wang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chiz-Tzung Chang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Che-Yi Chou

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Jiung-Hsiun Liu

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Tzung-Hai Yen

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chiu-Ching Huang

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chi-Jung Chung

cjchung@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Health Risk Management, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCL CJC CCH. Performed the experiments: CHM IKW CTC. Analyzed the data: CHM CYC JHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THY CCH. Wrote the paper: CCL CJC CCH.