About the Authors

Hou-Hsien Chiang

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Fen-Yu Tseng

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Yuan Wang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Ling Chen

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Chun Chen

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ting-Ting See

ting2see@gmail.com

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Hua-Fen Chen

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHC FYT CYW TTS. Performed the experiments: HHC TTS HFC. Analyzed the data: HHC FYT CYW CLC YCC. Wrote the paper: HHC FYT CYW CLC YCC TTS HFC.