About the Authors
- Semon Wu
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¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.
Affiliations Department of Life Science, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan
- Ming-Sheng Teng
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¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.
Affiliation Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan
- Leay-Kiaw Er
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Affiliation The Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Wan-Yi Hsiao
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Affiliation Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan
- Lung-An Hsu
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Affiliation The First Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Ching-Hua Yeh
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Affiliation Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan
- Jeng-Feng Lin
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Affiliation Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan
- Yi-Ying Lin
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Affiliation Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan
- Cheng-Wen Su
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Affiliation Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan
- Yu-Lin Ko
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* E-mail: yulinkotw@yahoo.com.tw
Affiliations Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei city, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: SW YLK. Data curation: MST. Formal analysis: WYH CHY. Funding acquisition: YLK. Methodology: MST. Project administration: YLK. Resources: LAH JFL LKE. Software: SW. Supervision: YLK. Validation: YYL. Writing – original draft: SW MST. Writing – review & editing: CWS YLK.