About the Authors

Shiu-Dong Chung

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Cha-Ze Lee

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

Li-Ting Kao

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Herng-Ching Lin

Affiliations Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chieh Tsai

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Chieh Tsai, Jau-Jiuan Sheu

Affiliations School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jau-Jiuan Sheu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Chieh Tsai, Jau-Jiuan Sheu

jjs2239@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDC CZL MCT HCL JJS. Analyzed the data: HCL LTK. Wrote the paper: SDC CZL MCT HCL LTK JJS. Literature review: SDC CZL LTK MCT.