About the Authors

Chih-Yung Chiu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ming-Han Tsai

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Tsung-Chieh Yao

Affiliations Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yu-Ling Tu

Affiliations Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Man-Chin Hua

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

Kuo-Wei Yeh

Contributed equally to this work with: Kuo-Wei Yeh, Jing-Long Huang

kwyeh@adm.cgmh.org.tw (KWY); long@adm.cgmh.org.tw (JLH)

Affiliations Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jing-Long Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Kuo-Wei Yeh, Jing-Long Huang

kwyeh@adm.cgmh.org.tw (KWY); long@adm.cgmh.org.tw (JLH)

Affiliations Community Medicine Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYC KWY JLH. Performed the experiments: MHT TCY YLT MCH. Analyzed the data: CYC MHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KWY. Wrote the paper: CYC KWY JLH.