About the Authors

Te-Chih Wong

Affiliation School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Yu-Tong Chen

Affiliation School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Pei-Yu Wu

Affiliation School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Tzen-Wen Chen

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Hsi-Hsien Chen

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Tso-Hsiao Chen

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Shwu-Huey Yang

sherry@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C, Nutrition Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHY PYW. Performed the experiments: TCW YTC PYW. Analyzed the data: TCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TWC HHC THC. Wrote the paper: TCW.