About the Authors
- Hsin-Hung Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hsin-Hung Chen, Ming-Hwarng Horng
Affiliations School of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Division of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Nantou Christian Hospital, Nantou, Taiwan
- Ming-Hwarng Horng
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hsin-Hung Chen, Ming-Hwarng Horng
Affiliations Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Changhua Christian medical foundation, Yuanlin Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
- Su-Yin Yeh
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Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
- I-Ching Lin
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Affiliations School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
- Chih-Jung Yeh
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* E-mail: d10040@mail.cmuh.org.tw (C-HK); chh2019@gmail.com (C-JY)
Affiliations School of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Education and Research on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Chih-Hsin Muo
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Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Fung-Chang Sung
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Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Chia-Hung Kao
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* E-mail: d10040@mail.cmuh.org.tw (C-HK); chh2019@gmail.com (C-JY)
Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: H-HC C-HK. Performed the experiments: H-HC M-HH S-YY I-CL C-JY C-HM F-CS C-HK. Analyzed the data: H-HC M-HH S-YY I-CL C-JY C-HM F-CS C-HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H-HC M-HH S-YY I-CL C-JY C-HM F-CS C-HK. Wrote the paper: H-HC M-HH S-YY I-CL C-JY C-HM F-CS C-HK. Final approval of manuscript: H-HC M-HH S-YY I-CL C-JY C-HM F-CS C-HK.