About the Authors

Anh Tuan Nguyen

nguyentuananh.fsh@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of General Planning, Vinmec International Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam

Chu-lin Tsai

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lu-yu Hwang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dejian Lai

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, United States of America

Christine Markham

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bela Patel

Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATN CT LH DL CM BP. Performed the experiments: ATN. Analyzed the data: ATN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ATN. Wrote the paper: ATN CT LH DL CM BP.