About the Authors

Jiun-Yang Chiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiun-Yang Chiang, Jenq-Wen Huang

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Jenq-Wen Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiun-Yang Chiang, Jenq-Wen Huang

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

Lian-Yu Lin

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

Chin-Hao Chang

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Fang-Ying Chu

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yen-Hung Lin

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

Cho-Kai Wu

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

Jen-Kuang Lee

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

Juei-Jen Hwang

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

Jiunn-Lee Lin

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

Fu-Tien Chiang

futienc@ntuh.gov.tw

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWH LYL YHL JJH JLL FTC. Performed the experiments: JWH CKW JKL. Analyzed the data: LYL YHL JYC CHC FYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CKW JKL. Wrote the paper: JYC LYL FTC.