About the Authors

Chih-Wei Tseng

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Cheng-Li Lin

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Tso Chen

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Feng Yuan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan

Long-Bin Jeng

otc.Jeng@gmail.com

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Organ Transplantation Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CWT LBJ. Data curation: CWT CLL YTC LBJ. Formal analysis: CWT CLL YTC LBJ. Funding acquisition: LBJ. Investigation: CWT LBJ. Methodology: CLL LBJ. Project administration: LBJ. Resources: CWT LBJ. Software: CLL LBJ. Supervision: LBJ. Validation: CWT CLL YTC LBJ. Visualization: CWT CLL YTC LBJ. Writing – original draft: CWT CLL YTC LBJ. Writing – review & editing: CWT CLL YTC LBJ.